The Israel family is interesting in a number of ways. Solomon Israel, the patriarch of the family in America, is believed to have come here from Amsterdam. It is likely that he gave his name as Solomon ben Israel when he arrived, meaning, "I am named Solomon and I am Jewish." As happened to many people who came to this country, either his name was changed by the immigration officials or he changed it himself, so he became simply Solomon Israel. In a time when people were not particularly literate and the spoken word was more important than the written word, a lot of strange things happened to names.

In his younger days, Solomon was married in St. George Episcopal Church, Nassau or Hempstead, New York, giving rise to a rumor that he really wasn't Jewish after all. This became a raging debate among genealogists on the internet, with many declaring that he was not Jewish. My mother was equally firm that her Grandma Israel was Jewish. So, I researched this.

I found Michael Israel, son of Solomon, moving to Albemarle County, Virginia in about 1758, when he obtained a land grant. Separately, I found a historical record of the first synagogue in Charlottesville, the nearest settlement to Michael's home in Albemarle County. I found the name of the current rabbi of that congregation and wrote an email. He returned my email almost immediately, with a reference to a document that described the early history of Judaism in Albermarle County. In that document, Michael and Sarah Israel are credited as being the earliest Jewish settlers. So, my mother's account is proven to be probably true. It could be that the compilers of the document were not accurate, but the document is from the University of Virginia and is accepted as a scholarly work, so that seems unlikely.

The Israels also bring us the connection to Thomas Graves of Jamestown, through his son Francis.

On the Friday after Thanksigiving 2004, my brother and I stood on the land that Michael Israel owned in 1779 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, where the Yadkin River and Warrior Creek come together. In looking for that land, we found ourselves standing on land across the Yadkin River from the site we eventually determined was correct. I later learned that land across the river (now a park) was owned by Wheelers at the same time in history. The Israel land sweeps up from the river on a relatively gentle slope (for that part of the country), then opens into high meadows. Finally, there is a ridge along the top of the land, with a commanding view in all directions. As we came over that ridge, my brother and I both experienced a strange, strong feeling. I felt a ripple of current go down my arms such as I have never felt before. We had been driving around all over the area, but at that moment, both of us were convinced we were in the right place. While I have pooh-poohed such feelings in the past, I never will again.

Finally, the Israels followed the same paths of migration as the Wheelers and the Caldwells. These families have been living as neighbors (sometimes closer than others) for over 200 years.

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Descendants of Solomon Israel
Generation No. 1
1. SOLOMON1 ISRAEL1,2,3 was born Bet. 1710 - 1717 in Amsterdam, Holland, and died Abt. 1790 in Wilkes
County, North Carolina. He married MARY JOHNSTON 29 Jun 1733 in St. George Episcopal Church, Nassau or
Hempstead, New York. She was born Abt. 1720, and died Unknown.
Notes for SOLOMON ISRAEL:
In the 1790 census district, Solomon Israel lived near Coffey's, who later became relatives when Sarah Coffey
married Michael Israel.. Michael, Johnson and Tilpe israel lived nearby as well. The Alloways and the
Eppoersons were also neighbors. Children of these families married.
From a web posting:
My ancestor, Solomon Israel, was born circa 1710 at Hempstead, Queens County, NY. He married Mary
Johnston 29 Jun 1734 in St. George Episcopal Church, Hempstead, NY. They had at least three children: Eleanor
[my ancestor], Michael, and Jesse Israel. Solomon moved his family south to Albemarle Co, VA. where his son,
Jesse, served in a VA unit in the Rev. War. They moved on south to Wilkes County, NC, where Solomon was
listed in the 1790 census. Solomon may have lived in Buncombe County, NC, before going to Wilkes County
More About SOLOMON ISRAEL:
Date born 2: 17174
Census: 1790, Wilkes County, North Carolina: 1 white male, 1 white female (may have been Solomon Wood)
Military service: Sep 1758, Virginia Colonial Militia, Albemarle County, VA
Property: 07 Dec 1782, Deeded 115 acres to grandson Solomon Wood Deed Book 8, Albermale County,
Virginia, p. 75
Residence 1: 1790, Not Stated, Wilkes, North Carolina5
Residence 2: 1830, Not Stated, Buncombe, North Carolina6
More About SOLOMON ISRAEL and MARY JOHNSTON:
Marriage: 29 Jun 1733, St. George Episcopal Church, Nassau or Hempstead, New York
Children of SOLOMON ISRAEL and MARY JOHNSTON are:
i. ELEANOR2 ISRAEL, b. Jun 1734, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. 1814.
2. ii. MICHAEL ISRAEL, b. Abt. 1736, Hempstead, Queens, New York; d. Apr 1820, Avery's Creek
Buncombe County, North Carolina.
iii. JESSE ISRAEL, b. Abt. 1740; d. 20 Mar 1777.
Notes for JESSE ISRAEL:
The census of 1790 for Wilkes County, North Carolina, lists Jesse Israel, with 1 white male over 16
and 1 white female. This is not Jesse W. Israel, who was born in Alabama, but could be one of the
Jesses for whom we have no birth dates.
Generation No. 2
2. MICHAEL2 ISRAEL (SOLOMON1) was born Abt. 1736 in Hempstead, Queens, New York, and died Apr 1820 in
Avery's Creek Buncombe County, North Carolina. He married SARAH GRAVES 1754 in Albemarle County,
Virginia, daughter of JOSEPH GRAVES. She was born 1738 in Albemarle County, Virginia, and died Bef. 11 Sep
1824 in Buncombe, North Carolina.
Notes for MICHAEL ISRAEL:
Censuses:
1790, Morgan District, Wilkes County, North Carolina
1800, Wilkes County, North Carolina
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1810, Avery's Creek, Buncombe County, North Carolina
In 1757, he was a border ranger, defending the frontier of Virginia during the French Indian War. (He is a
contemporary of George Washington, born about 4 years after Washington.) For that service, he recieved 16
shillings.
According to WadeSmith.org: Michael Israel was a Revolutionary War soldier fighting at the Battle of King's
Mountain. Proof of this comes from William Carter's Revolutionary War declaration of Virginia.
The land he purchased in 1779 was in the North Garden near Stockton's Thoroughfare, which is a conspicuous
pass through the mountains between North Garden and Batesville. This pass was later known as Israel's Gap, and
is south of Israel Mountain. There is some disconnect of this date and the date he bought land in Wilkes County,
North Carolina near the Burke County line (1778). The land he purchased in North Carolina became a part of
Caldwell County when it was formed in 1841.
In Wilkes County, his children were born and grew up, marrying children of nearby families. As they became
adults and married, most of them moved to Buncombe County, North Carolina, closer to Ashville. (Mary moved
to Franklin County, Georgia.)
In 1805 or 1806 Michael Israel sold his land in Wilkes County, North Carolina. On June 3, 1806, he bought 480
acres on both sides of Avery's Creek where it joins the French Broad River. He and his wife Sarah were to live on
this land until Michael Israel died intestate in 1819 or early 1820. Sarah was to live a few more years. She died
about 1823 or 1824.
The Avery Creek post office was 68 miles from Greenville, Tennessee.
There is debate as to whether the family was Jewish or not, fueled by father Solomon's marraige in an Episcopal
Church. On the website for Congregation Beth Israel in Charlottesville, Virginia, there is a copy of a document
called "To Seek the Peace of the City." It was prepared for an exhibit about the history of Jewish settlers in the
Charlottesville area. That document credits Michael and Sarah as the first Jewish settlers in Albemarle County,
Virginia, moving there in 1757. It also has specimens of Michael Israel's signature and Sarah's "mark."
In the 1790 census for Wilkes County, North Carolina, there is a Jos Israel with 1 male over 16, 1 male under 16
and 7 females. I cannot account for this family.
More About MICHAEL ISRAEL:
Emigration: Bet. 1779 - 1792, Moved to Wilkes County, North Carolina from Albemarle County, Virginia.
Property 1: 1758, Land grant number 32 for 82 acres in Albemarle County, Virginia (sold in 1770)
Property 2: 1778, Bought land on the north fork of Warrior Creek, Yadkin River.
Property 3: 1779, Bought land in Albemarle County, Virginia near father, Solomon Israel
More About MICHAEL ISRAEL and SARAH GRAVES:
Marriage: 1754, Albemarle County, Virginia
Children of MICHAEL ISRAEL and SARAH GRAVES are:
3. i. MARY3 ISRAEL, b. Bet. 1755 - 1760, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. 06 Nov 1843, Franklin County,
Georgia.
ii. SARAH ANNE ISRAEL, b. 1763, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. Unknown; m. (1) EPAPHRODITUS
GILLIAM; d. Bef. 08 Feb 1842; m. (2) BENNET BALLEW? OR BELIUE, Bet. 1775 - 1785, Virgina or
North Carolina; d. Abt. 1796.
Notes for SARAH ANNE ISRAEL:
Sarah and Epaproditus lived in Buncombe County, North Carolina, then moved to Missouri.
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Notes for EPAPHRODITUS GILLIAM:
Methodist preacher
More About EPAPHRODITUS GILLIAM:
Emigration: Clay County, Missouri
Probate: 08 Feb 1842, Jesse Gilliam posted a bond as adminstrator of estate
Notes for BENNET BALLEW? OR BELIUE:
He may have been Bennet Ballew, since he was listed in a tax record in 1785 in Wilkes County,
NC, the only listing of a Ballew in that county, and he lived in the same neighborhood as her father,
Michael Israel. He died, perhaps about 1786, leaving Sallie with two young children.
On the gravestone errected in Avery's Creek, North Carolina, her name is spelled Beliue However,
this stone was erectd in 1981.
More About BENNET BELIUE and SARAH ISRAEL:
Marriage: Bet. 1775 - 1785, Virgina or North Carolina
4. iii. JOHN ISRAEL, b. 1765, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. 21 Sep 1837, Probably Johnson County,
Indiana.
5. iv. JOHNSON ISRAEL, b. 1767, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. 1854, Avery's Creek, Buncombe County,
North Carolina.
v. WILLIAM JESSE ISRAEL, b. Bet. 1767 - 1769, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. 1806, Buncombe
County, North Carolina; m. MARY JONES; d. Unknown.
Notes for WILLIAM JESSE ISRAEL:
Lived on the North Fork of the Swannanoa River
Moved to the Warford on the French Broad River a location which is presently in front of the
Biltmore House
More About WILLIAM JESSE ISRAEL:
Burial: Unknown, Vanderbilt estate, west side of the French Broad River
Notes for MARY JONES:
Mary married John Rogers after Jesse Israel died.
More About MARY JONES:
Burial: Unknown, Vanderbilt estate, west side of the French Broad River
6. vi. SOLOMON WOOD ISRAEL, b. 1774, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. Bet. 1850 - 1860, Cherokee
County, North Carolina.
vii. CATHERINE BETSY ISRAEL, b. 1775, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. Unknown; m. ROBERT
EDMUNDSON, 1798; d. Unknown.
Notes for CATHERINE BETSY ISRAEL:
As an adult, she lived on the north fork of the Swannanoa River until 1819, then moved to Gibson
County, Tennessee.
More About ROBERT EDMUNDSON and CATHERINE ISRAEL:
Marriage: 1798
7. viii. MICHAEL ISRAEL, b. 1778, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. 1866, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
ix. ISOM ISRAEL, b. 1780, Albemarle County, Virginia or Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. Unknown;
m. (1) JUDY ALLOWAY STRANGE, 22 Dec 1801; d. Unknown; m. (2) NEETY PERR, 28 Mar 1823,
Knox County, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
Notes for ISOM ISRAEL:
Isom may have been born in Wilkes County, NC. As an adult he lived in Buncombe County, North
Carolina.
More About ISOM ISRAEL and JUDY STRANGE:
Marriage: 22 Dec 1801
More About ISOM ISRAEL and NEETY PERR:
Marriage: 28 Mar 1823, Knox County, Tennessee
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Generation No. 3
3. MARY3 ISRAEL (MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born Bet. 1755 - 1760 in Albemarle County, Virginia, and died 06
Nov 1843 in Franklin County, Georgia. She married THOMAS EPPERSON 22 Sep 1782 in Amherst County,
Virginia, son of DAVID EPPERSON and HANNAH THOMPSON. He died Unknown.
Notes for MARY ISRAEL:
When she got married she was living in Albemarle County, Virginia, but crossed the county line ot get married at
the parson's house.
Notes for THOMAS EPPERSON:
Revolutionary war soldier
More About THOMAS EPPERSON and MARY ISRAEL:
Marriage: 22 Sep 1782, Amherst County, Virginia
Children of MARY ISRAEL and THOMAS EPPERSON are:
i. PETER4 EPPERSON, b. 1783; d. Unknown; m. RHODY WATKLINS, 29 Oct 1811; d. Unknown.
More About PETER EPPERSON and RHODY WATKLINS:
Marriage: 29 Oct 1811
ii. HANNAH EPPERSON, b. 1787; d. Unknown; m. BADNET WATKLINS, Nov 1811; d. Unknown.
More About BADNET WATKLINS and HANNAH EPPERSON:
Marriage: Nov 1811
iii. GEORGE EPPERSON, b. 1790; d. Unknown.
iv. JOHN EPPERSON, b. 1793; d. Unknown; m. TABITHA LNU; d. Unknown.
v. CATHERINE EPPERSON, b. 1795; d. Unknown; m. UNKNOWN GRIFFIN; d. Unknown.
vi. THOMPSON EPPERSON, b. 1797; d. Unknown.
vii. CHARLES EPPERSON, b. 1803; d. Unknown.
4. JOHN3 ISRAEL (MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born 1765 in Albemarle County, Virginia, and died 21 Sep 1837 in
Probably Johnson County, Indiana7. He married SARAH EDMUNDSON 12 May 1795 in Wilkes County, NC,
daughter of ROBERT EDMUNDSON. She died Unknown.
Notes for JOHN ISRAEL:
He lived in Buncombe County from about 1790 to 1808, then moved to Indiana.
Pension application for Revolutionary War service:
State of Indiana County of Johnson
On this twelfth day of November in the year 1832 personally apeared in open court before Israel Watts, the judge
of the Probate Court of Johnson County, now sitting, John Israel a resident of Franklin County Township in said
county, and state, age sixty seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he was drafted into the service of the United States, in May in the year 1781, under the command of Colonel
Isaacs, and Nathan Gordon, who performed the duties of major, tho, he was not as this defendant believes
commissioned; and these being the only field officers belonging to said regiment or detachment it not being a full
regiment; -- Captain Pendleton Isbel, Lieutentant Mitchel and Ensign Foster, were the officers of the company to
which this declarant belonged; -- That at the time of entering the service as aforesaid; -- and from there marched
through the counties of Surry, Roan, Guilford, Orange, and Randolph, and was stationed for some time in the last
named county; -- That this expedition was got up for the purpose of Suppressing the Tories who, at that time,
were very numerous in that part of the state; -- That while stationed at the County of Randolph as aforesaid,
General Lee, being on his march to the south encamped his troops within sight of the encampment of the troops to
which this declarant belonged, and remained in such encampment for the space of one day and night; -- That this
engagement of service being only for three months at the end of that period from enlistment as aforesaid, he was
discharged and returned home.
This defendant also in the month of September in the year 1781 entered into the service of the United States as a
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volunteer, under the command of Colonel Benjamin Harrington, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph McDaniel, and Major
McDonald; the company officers under whom this defendent served were Captain John Beaverly, Lieutenant
Elias Millburn [or Willburn], and Ensign Samuel Millburn [or Willburn] (this declarant still being a resident of
Wilkes County, North
Carolina); and from there into Cherokee Indian country on the Tennessee River; That this expedition was under
the command of General Charles McDaniel with whom the declarant
was intaimately acquainted; -- That after a service of three months under this engagement this declarant was
regularly discharged and returned home.
This defendant, also in February in the year 1782, entered the service of the United States as a volunteer, in a
light horse of rangers, under the command of Captain Finnezee, Lieutenant Miller and Ensign or Colonel
Gatewood, (still being a resident of Wilkes County, North Carolina).
That after enlistment this declarant and the company to which he belonged marched from the county, he then
believes he resided in Wilkes, through Burke and Rutherford in the state of North Carolina; and from thence to
Franklin in the State of Georgia, the names of the intermediate counties between the two last named are forgotten;
-- That on arriving at Franklin County in the State of Georgia as aforesaid, this declarant and the company to
which he belonged were stationed there for something above three months, at the expiration of which time this
declarant was discharged. That this descharge as well as those which he previously received he has since lost by
inattention to their preservation, never having expected to be able to avail himself of the benefit of them until the
passage of the late act of Congress.
This declarant hath no documentary evidence of his service and knows of no person whose testimony he can
procure to testify for him. He hereby relinquishes every claim to a persion or bounty except this present and he
declares that his name is not on the agency of any state.
And in answer to the interrogators here and propounded unto him by the Court this declarant saith:
1. That he was born in Albermarle County in the State of Virginia in the year 1765, as he is informed and
believes.
2. That he hath no record of his age.
3. That when called into the service of the United States he was a resident of Wilkes County, North Carolina
where he resided until the year 1811, when he removed to Butler County, Ohio where he remained until the year
1821, when he removed to Johnson County, Indiana, where he now lives.
4. That for the first engagement of service he was drafted and for second and third he was a volunteer.
5. There were no regular officers with the troops with whom he served.
6. That he is known to William G. Eaton, a clergyman and Joseph Garriett [or Goring] who can testify as to his
verasity.
John Israel Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Saml. Herriott,
Clk.
From WadeSmith.org http://www.wadesmith.org/genealogy/p33.htm
He started drawing his pension and continued drawing it until his death in 1837. The last payment of his pension
was made to James Parr on 21 September 1837. His pension claim number is S 17510.
More About JOHN ISRAEL:
Burial: Unknown, Hamner Cemetery, Johnson County, Indiana
Emigration: Abt. 1797, Moved from Wilkes County, North Carolina to Buncombe County, North Carolina
Military service: May 1781, Revolutionary war soldier
Residence 1: Bet. 1781 - 1811, Wilkes County, North Carolina
Residence 2: Bet. 1811 - 1820, Butler County, Ohio
Residence 3: Bet. 1820 - 1832, Johnston County, Indiana
More About JOHN ISRAEL and SARAH EDMUNDSON:
Marriage: 12 May 1795, Wilkes County, NC
Children of JOHN ISRAEL and SARAH EDMUNDSON are:
i. NANCY4 ISRAEL, b. 1796; d. Unknown.
ii. UNKNOWN ISRAEL, b. 1798; d. Unknown.
iii. ABRAHAM ISRAEL, b. 1804; d. 1843.
iv. ESTHER ISRAEL, b. 1806; d. 1854.
v. ELEANOR ISRAEL, b. 1806; d. Unknown.
vi. JAMES PATTON ISRAEL, b. 18 Mar 1808; d. 28 Feb 1891.
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vii. RACHEL ISRAEL, b. 1811; d. Unknown.
viii. JOHN EDMUNDSON ISRAEL, b. 01 Feb 1812; d. 24 Sep 1862.
5. JOHNSON3 ISRAEL (MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1)8,9 was born 1767 in Albemarle County, Virginia, and died 1854 in
Avery's Creek, Buncombe County, North Carolina. He married ANNA HISAW Bef. 1790. She was born 1770 in
Virginia, and died Unknown.
Notes for JOHNSON ISRAEL:
1830 census lists him in Buncombe County, North Carolina, next door to his father Michael.
Johnston was his paternal grandmother's maiden name. Various records list him as Johnson and Johnston, but this
was common in that era.
More About JOHNSON ISRAEL:
Census: 1790, Wilkes County, North Carolina: 1 white male over 16, 2 white females
Residence 1: 1810, Not Stated, Buncombe, North Carolina10
Residence 2: 1830, Not Stated, Buncombe, North Carolina11
Notes for ANNA HISAW:
A midwife, family originally from Germany.
More About JOHNSON ISRAEL and ANNA HISAW:
Marriage: Bef. 1790
Children of JOHNSON ISRAEL and ANNA HISAW are:
i. SARAH4 ISRAEL, b. 1792, Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
ii. JESSE ISRAEL, b. 1798, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
iii. JANE ISRAEL, b. 1800; d. Unknown.
iv. JAMES ISRAEL, b. 1802, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
v. WILLIAM ISRAEL, b. 1804, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
vi. MICHAEL H. ISRAEL, b. 1811, Buncombe County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
vii. FREDERICK ISRAEL, b. 1813, Buncombe County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
viii. MARY A. ISRAEL, b. 1814, Buncombe County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
6. SOLOMON WOOD3 ISRAEL (MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born 1774 in Albemarle County, Virginia, and died
Bet. 1850 - 1860 in Cherokee County, North Carolina. He married NANCY ALLOWAY STRANGE 28 Feb 1797 in
Wilkes County, NC12. She was born Abt. 1780 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, and died Unknown.
Notes for SOLOMON WOOD ISRAEL:
As an adult, Solomon lived in Buncombe County, NC, then moved to Cherokee County, NC.
In the 1810 census for Buncombe County, North Carolina, Solomon Israel is listed. Michael Israel is listed on
the next page.
In the 1830 census for Buncombe County, Solomon is listed with a wife and several children.
In 1850, he is shown living next door to Abram Israel in the Murphy district of Cherokee County. He is 73, his
wife is 69. His occupation is listed as blacksmith.
Solomon moved from Buncombe County to Cherokee County, NC.
More About SOLOMON WOOD ISRAEL:
Burial: Unknown, Cherokee County, North Carolina
Property 1: Oct 1806, Purchased 100 acres of land from David Russell Deed Book A, Buncombe County, North
Carolina
Property 2: 07 Dec 1782, Solomon Deeded 115 acres to grandson Solomon Wood Deed Book 8, Albermale
County, Virginia, p. 75
Property 3: 08 Aug 1811, Sold 100 same 100 acres to James Rutledge
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More About SOLOMON ISRAEL and NANCY STRANGE:
Marriage: 28 Feb 1797, Wilkes County, NC12
Children of SOLOMON ISRAEL and NANCY STRANGE are:
i. REBECCA4 ISRAEL, b. Aft. 1800; d. Unknown.
ii. MIICHAEL ISRAEL, b. 1805, Cherokee County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
8. iii. ABRAHAM ISRAEL, b. 1808, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
iv. FELIX WALKER ISRAEL, b. 1811, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
v. ISOM ISRAEL, b. 1812, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
vi. PLEASANT ISRAEL, b. 16 Mar 1816, Burns Branch, Buncombe County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
vii. GEORGE NELSON ISRAEL, b. 08 Dec 1819, Buncombe County, North Carolina; d. 1890.
7. MICHAEL3 ISRAEL (MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born 1778 in Albemarle County, Virginia, and died 1866 in
Buncombe County, North Carolina. He married SARAH COFFEY 26 Feb 1800 in Wilkes County, North
Carolina13, daughter of JOHN COFFEY and MARY BUCHANAN. She was born 01 May 1779 in Wilkes County,
North Carolina13, and died 26 Aug 1842 in Asheville or Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Notes for MICHAEL ISRAEL:
In the 1850 census for Buncombe county, Michael is living with John, Arminta, Caroine and Elizabeth. Nearby
live Stephen and Ann, with ?, Jane (50 and 46) and Andrew, 19.
From the Thomas Graves descirptions:
While he was still a babe in arms, his parents moved to Wilkes County, N.C., and settled on the North Fork of
Warrior Creek of the Yadkin River. This area of Wilkes County became a part of Caldwell County when it was
created in 1841.
Michael, Jr. and Sarah appeared to be living with his parents in Wilkes County when the 1800 census was taken.
They apparently left the county after 1805, and were living in Buncombe County, N.C. by 1810. Their first 3
children were born in Wilkes County, N.C., and the others in Buncombe County, N.C.
More About SARAH COFFEY:
Date born 2: 01 May 1779
More About MICHAEL ISRAEL and SARAH COFFEY:
Marriage: 26 Feb 1800, Wilkes County, North Carolina13
Children of MICHAEL ISRAEL and SARAH COFFEY are:
9. i. JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., b. Bet. 1793 - 1802, Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. Abt. 1880, Waverly,
Missouri.
ii. MARY ISRAEL, b. 1804, Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. Unknown; m. ARMSTEAD B. CARLAND,
1825; d. Unknown.
More About ARMSTEAD CARLAND and MARY ISRAEL:
Marriage: 1825
iii. JOHN COFFEY ISRAEL, b. 1804, Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. 1911.
Notes for JOHN COFFEY ISRAEL:
John Coffey Israel died young did not marry according to the Thomas Graves descriptions.
More About JOHN COFFEY ISRAEL:
Military service 1: Bet. 28 Oct 1861 - 12 Nov 1862, County D, 39th Regt., N.C. Troops
Military service 2: 24 Jun 1904, Applied for pension
iv. ELIZABETH ISRAEL, b. 1805, Buncombe County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
Notes for ELIZABETH ISRAEL:
According to the Thomas Graves descriptions, she did not marry.
v. CELIA ISRAEL, b. 1807, Buncombe County, North Carolina; d. Unknown; m. RUSSELL JONES; d.
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Unknown.
vi. INFANT ISRAEL., b. 1809; d. Unknown.
Notes for INFANT ISRAEL.:
This son died young.
vii. SARAH ISRAEL, b. 27 Mar 1814, Buncombe County, North Carolina; d. 1898; m. THOMAS LAXTON
CASE; d. Unknown.
viii. INFANT ISRAEL, b. 1815; d. Unknown.
Notes for INFANT ISRAEL:
According to the Thomas Graves descriptions, this son died young.
ix. INFANT ISRAEL, b. 1816; d. Unknown.
Notes for INFANT ISRAEL:
According to the Thomas Graves descriptions, this son died young.
x. ARMINTA ISRAEL, b. 1818, Buncombe County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
Notes for ARMINTA ISRAEL:
According to the Thomas Graves descriptions, Arminta never married.
xi. CAROLINE ISRAEL, b. Mar 1819, Buncombe County, North Carolina; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM
BISHOP; d. Unknown.
Notes for CAROLINE ISRAEL:
William Bishop had 9 children with his first wife. Caroline helped raise those children but
apparently had none of her own.
Generation No. 4
8. ABRAHAM4 ISRAEL (SOLOMON WOOD3, MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born 1808 in North Carolina14, and died
Unknown. He married POLLY ?. She was born 1812, and died Unknown.
More About ABRAHAM ISRAEL:
Name 2: Abram Israel14
Residence: 1850, Not Stated, Cherokee, North Carolina14
Child of ABRAHAM ISRAEL and POLLY ? is:
i. NARRSET? M.5 ISRAEL, b. 1833; d. Unknown.
9. JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR. (MICHAEL3 ISRAEL, MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1)15 was born Bet. 1793 - 1802 in Wilkes
County, North Carolina15, and died Abt. 1880 in Waverly, Missouri15. He married MARY EMMA BURTON15 Abt.
1825, daughter of HENRY BURTON and MARTHA ?. She was born Bet. 1793 - 1805 in South Carolina15, and died
06 Dec 1862 in Waverly, Missouri15.
Notes for JAMES M. ISRAEL SR.:
In 1850, James was living in Cherokee County, Alabama, with his wife and 9 children. He is listed as a wagon
maker. Emily appears as a 17 year old. According to the Thomas Graves descriptions, they moved to Cherokee
County, Alabama, in about 1836.
He may have had 5 sons in military service in the Civil War.
More About JAMES M. ISRAEL SR.:
Burial: Unknown, Waverly Cemetery, Waverly, Missouri
Census 1: 1850, District 2, Cherokee County, Alabama
Census 2: 1860, District 2, Cherokee County, Alabama
More About JAMES SR. and MARY BURTON:
Marriage: Abt. 1825
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Children of JAMES SR. and MARY BURTON are:
10. i. WILLIAM5 ISRAEL, b. Abt. 1825, Buncombe County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
11. ii. MONTERVILLE MARVIN ISRAEL, b. Abt. 1826, Buncombe County, North Carolina; d. 09 Apr 1864,
Kingston, Georgia.
iii. INFANT ISRAEL, b. 1827, Buncombe County, North Carolina; d. 1827, Buncombe County, North
Carolina.
Notes for INFANT ISRAEL:
This child probably died as an infant.
12. iv. LEANDER W. ISRAEL, b. 1829, Buncombe County, North Carolina; d. 09 Apr 1863, Gilmer Hospital,
Tennessee.
v. FRANCES MATILDA ISRAEL, b. 1831, North Carolina; d. 02 Oct 1877; m. JACOB HICKS, 08 Jan
1852, Cherokee County, Alabama16; d. Unknown.
More About JACOB HICKS and FRANCES ISRAEL:
Marriage: 08 Jan 1852, Cherokee County, Alabama16
vi. EMILY ISRAEL, b. Abt. 1833, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
vii. MARTHA BURTON ISRAEL, b. Abt. 1835, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
13. viii. JOHN WHITMORE ISRAEL, b. 1836, Cherokee County, Alabama; d. 02 Sep 1863, Empire House
Hospital, on Whitehall Street in Atlanta, Georgia.
ix. ELIZABETH ISRAEL, b. 1839, Cherokee County, Alabama; d. Unknown; m. W. J. INMAN; d.
Unknown.
x. SUSAN ISRAEL, b. 1841, Cherokee County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
xi. JAMES M. ISRAEL, JR., b. Bet. Oct 1845 - 1846, Cherokee County, Alabama; d. Unknown; m.
ELIZABETH ?; b. Mar 1860, Texas; d. Unknown.
Notes for JAMES M. ISRAEL, JR.:
In 1910, we see a James M. Israel in DeKalb County, Alabama, with a wife named Elizabeth, but
James appears to be 5 years younger than this James.
In 1920 we see a James M. Israel in Tom Green, Texas, with a younger wife named Emma.
Emmas is 14 years younger and was born in Texas. So, we are not sure this is the same James
M. Israel. James M. Israel and Emma are still together in Tom Green for the 1930 census.
More About JAMES M. ISRAEL, JR.:
Census 1: 1850, 5 years old, living at hom in Cherokkee County, Alabama
Census 2: 1860, 13 years old, living at home in Cherokee County, Alabama
Generation No. 5
10. WILLIAM5 ISRAEL (JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL, MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born Abt. 1825 in
Buncombe County, North Carolina, and died Unknown.
Notes for WILLIAM ISRAEL:
According to the Thomas Graves descriptions, William Israel never married.
Children of WILLIAM ISRAEL are:
i. JESSE W.6 ISRAEL, b. Apr 1852, Alabama; d. Unknown; m. MILDRED BELLE T. MCCURTY; d.
Unknown.
ii. JAMES DAN ISRAEL, b. Apr 1854, Alabama; d. Unknown; m. ISABELLA; b. Sep 1858, Kentucky; d.
Unknown.
iii. JOHN WILILAM ISRAEL, b. 1859; d. Unknown; m. SARAH; b. 1866, Missouri; d. Unknown.
11. MONTERVILLE MARVIN5 ISRAEL (JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL, MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born
Abt. 1826 in Buncombe County, North Carolina, and died 09 Apr 1864 in Kingston, Georgia. He married
MATILDA GREEN 24 Aug 1847 in Cherokee County, Alabama, daughter of HENRY GREEN and ALLEY SAXON.
She was born Abt. 1826 in South Carolina, and died 26 Feb 1889 in Pryor's Station, Caves Springs, Polk County,
Georgia.
Notes for MONTERVILLE MARVIN ISRAEL:
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May have had 5 brothers in military service. A succinct history of the 19th Alabama can be found at
http://www.19thalabama.org/brief.html.
In 1850 Monterville was living in Cherokee County, Alabama with Matilda and William. William appears to be
his brother.
In 1860, Monterville was living in Cherokee County, Alabama with Matilda and their children. Their post office
is listed as Centre..
More About MONTERVILLE MARVIN ISRAEL:
Name 2: Monterville Israel17
Date born 2: 1826, North Carolina17
Date born 3: 1827, North Carolina18
Residence 1: 1850, District 27, Cherokee, Alabama19
Residence 2: 1860, District 2, Cherokee, Alabama20
More About MONTERVILLE ISRAEL and MATILDA GREEN:
Marriage: 24 Aug 1847, Cherokee County, Alabama
Children of MONTERVILLE ISRAEL and MATILDA GREEN are:
14. i. WILLIAM TAYLOR6 ISRAEL, b. 19 Dec 1848, Cherokee County, Alabama; d. 03 Jun 1920, Waverly,
Missouri.
15. ii. JAMES MONROE ISRAEL, b. 07 Sep 1850, Cherokee County, Alabama; d. 11 Feb 1928, Crossville
Cemetery, Crossville, Alabama.
iii. JOHN WESLY ISRAEL, b. 12 Oct 1852, Cherokee County, Alabama; d. 30 Jul 1928, Crossville,
DeKalb County, Alabama; m. VIRGINIA VANDORA JONES; d. Unknown.
More About JOHN WESLY ISRAEL:
Date born 2: 12 Oct 1852
Burial: Unknown, Crossville Cemetery, Crossville, Alabama
iv. GEORGE W. ISRAEL, b. 1854, Cherokee County, Alabama; d. 1898, Crossville, DeKalb County,
Alabama; m. (1) HARRIET JONES; d. Unknown; m. (2) OTA HACKNEY; d. Unknown; m. (3)
FLORENCE GOGGANS; d. Unknown.
More About GEORGE W. ISRAEL:
Date born 2: 1854
16. v. MARTHA ELVIRA ISRAEL, b. 16 Jul 1856, Cherokee County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
12. LEANDER W.5 ISRAEL (JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL, MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1)21 was born 1829 in
Buncombe County, North Carolina21, and died 09 Apr 1863 in Gilmer Hospital, Tennessee21. He married MARY
ANGELINE ENNIS22,23, daughter of GEORGE ENNIS and JANE POWERS. She was born 1835 in South Carolina24,25,
and died 1896 in Alabama or Mississippi25.
Notes for LEANDER W. ISRAEL:
Leander is somtimes cited as Lee or Lee Ander. Jenny Payne says he had at least two brothers, named Jim and
John.
In 1860 census, his family lived in Elyton post office district, Bethelehm precinct, Jefferson County, Alabama.
His neighbors are mostly listed as Gouldsby and Shoemaker. A child named Emily L. is listed as 8 years old,
which would be the age of Liza.
I have found other soldiers who died at Gilmer Hospital, Chatanooga, Tennessee, in muster rolls on web sites
where people have researched particular units. People have also referenced Gilmer Hospitals in Marietta,
Georgia, and Texas.
According to Weldon , he died of wounds after the battle of Stones River.
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A record of his burial exists on the Watkins List, a list of Civil War dead at the Chattanooga military cemetery
created in 1812. The listing says
Israel, Leander W. Company E, 19th regiment.
More About LEANDER W. ISRAEL:
Burial 1: 1863, May be military cemetery in Chatanooga, TN
Burial 2: Military cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee25
Census: 1860, Elyton Post Office, Bethlehem Precinct, Jefferson County, Alabama
Notes for MARY ANGELINE ENNIS:
Mary Angeline is not listed with her family in 1850.
More About MARY ANGELINE ENNIS:
Burial: Unknown, Village Falls Cemetery, Mulga, Alabama
Census: 1860, Elyton Post Office, Bethlehem Precinct, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of LEANDER ISRAEL and MARY ENNIS are:
i. JESSE LEE6 ISRAEL, b. Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Unknown; m. ANN ANTHONY; d. Unknown.
17. ii. EMILY L. ISRAEL, b. Abt. 1853, Cherokee County, Alabama; d. Oct 1913.
18. iii. WILLIAM LAWSON ISRAEL, b. Aug 1856, Cherokee County, Alabama; d. 1943.
19. iv. MARY JANE ISRAEL, b. 11 Sep 1856, Cherokee County, Alabama; d. 11 Mar 1931, Alabama.
20. v. DULCINA ISRAEL, b. Bet. 1859 - 1860, Cherokee County, Alabama; d. 1892, Jefferson County,
Alabama.
21. vi. LORGIA CAROLINE ISRAEL, b. 02 Jul 1861, Cherokee County, Alabama; d. 23 Dec 1950, Jefferson
County, Alabama.
22. vii. JAMES LEANDER ISRAEL, b. Abt. 1863, Cherokee County, Alabama; d. 1891, Jefferson County,
Alabama.
viii. ELIZA ISRAEL25, b. 1853, Cherokee County, Alabama25; d. Unknown.
ix. WILLIAM LAWSON ISRAEL25, b. Aug 1854, Cherokee County, Alabama25; d. Unknown.
x. MARY JANE ISRAEL25, b. 1858, Cherokee County, Alabama25; d. Unknown.
xi. DULCENA ISRAEL25, b. 1860, Cherokee County, Alabama25; d. Unknown.
13. JOHN WHITMORE5 ISRAEL (JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL, MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born 1836 in
Cherokee County, Alabama26, and died 02 Sep 1863 in Empire House Hospital, on Whitehall Street in Atlanta,
Georgia. He married LETICIA JANE ENNIS27 1858 in Alabama, daughter of GEORGE ENNIS and JANE POWERS.
She was born Bet. 1834 - 1835 in South Carolina, and died Unknown28.
Notes for JOHN WHITMORE ISRAEL:
John enlisted in the 19th Ala. Inf. Reg. 24 July 1861 at Kirk's Grove, Alabama. He was wounded at Murfreesboro
31 Dec 1862. He died at the battle of Atlanta 2 Sept. 1863. He is buried at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia.
This was confirmed by Samuel Reed, Sexton, Oakland Cemetery, in an email dated December 6, 2004.
More About JOHN WHITMORE ISRAEL:
Name 2: John W Israel29
Date born 2: Alabama
Burial: Unknown, Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA, Confederate Section
Military service: 24 Jul 1861, Private, enlisted in 19th Ala. Inf. Reg. 24 at Kirk's Grove, Alabama
Residence: 1860, District 2, Cherokee, Alabama29
Notes for LETICIA JANE ENNIS:
Ennis sisters Letitia and Mary Angeline married Israel brothers John Whitemore and Leander in about 1855 and
1858 in Cherokee County, Alabama.
In the 1860 census, William Steven is shown as 5/12 year old on July 2, 1960.
More About LETICIA JANE ENNIS:
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Name 2: Leticia Ennis30
Date born 2: Abt. 1834, South Carolina30
Date born 3: 1834, South Carolina31
Moved: Bet. 1865 - 1870, To Winston County, Mississippi, with her parents and 2 sisters, following death of her
husband.
Residence: 1850, District 27, Cherokee, Alabama31
More About JOHN ISRAEL and LETICIA ENNIS:
Marriage: 1858, Alabama
Child of JOHN ISRAEL and LETICIA ENNIS is:
23. i. WILLIAM STEVEN6 ISRAEL, b. 17 Feb 1860, Cherokee County, Alabama; d. 03 Nov 1943, Winston
County, Mississippi.
Generation No. 6
14. WILLIAM TAYLOR6 ISRAEL (MONTERVILLE MARVIN5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL, MICHAEL2,
SOLOMON1) was born 19 Dec 1848 in Cherokee County, Alabama, and died 03 Jun 1920 in Waverly, Missouri.
He married HARRIET JENKINS in Waverly, Missouri, daughter of WILLIAM JENKINS. She died 25 Mar 1925 in
Waverly, Missouri.
More About HARRIET JENKINS:
Burial: Unknown, Waverly Cemetery, Waverly, Missouri
More About WILLIAM ISRAEL and HARRIET JENKINS:
Marriage: Waverly, Missouri
Children of WILLIAM ISRAEL and HARRIET JENKINS are:
i. MAGGIE7 ISRAEL, b. 25 Mar 1876, Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri; d. Unknown.
ii. SUSAN ISRAEL, b. 25 Mar 1876, Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri; d. Unknown.
24. iii. JAMES FRANKLIN ISRAEL, b. 18 Aug 1878, Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri; d. 1950.
25. iv. WILLIAM MARVIAL ISRAEL, b. 16 Aug 1880, Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri; d. Unknown.
15. JAMES MONROE6 ISRAEL (MONTERVILLE MARVIN5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL, MICHAEL2,
SOLOMON1) was born 07 Sep 1850 in Cherokee County, Alabama, and died 11 Feb 1928 in Crossville Cemetery,
Crossville, Alabama. He married ELIZABETH JONES, daughter of BELSON JONES and MARY JENNINGS. She was
born Bet. Feb 1850 - 1852 in Alabama, and died Unknown.
More About JAMES MONROE ISRAEL:
Name 2: James Israel32
Name 3: James M Israel33
Name 4: James M Israel34
Date born 2: 1850, Alabama35
Date born 3: 1850, Alabama36
Date born 4: 1851, Alabama37
Burial: Unknown, Crossville Cemetery, Crossville, Alabama
Residence 1: 1910, LATHAMVILLE, DEKALB, Alabama38
Residence 2: 1860, District 2, Cherokee, Alabama39
Residence 3: 1900, Lathamville, De Kalb, Alabama40
Children of JAMES ISRAEL and ELIZABETH JONES are:
i. WILLIAM TAYLOR7 ISRAEL, b. 12 Dec 1872, Polk County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
ii. MARY ISRAEL, b. May 1874, Polk County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
iii. HATTIE ISRAEL, b. 26 Aug 1877, Polk County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
iv. MARTHA ISRAEL, b. 1879, Georgia; d. Unknown.
v. GEORGE W. ISRAEL, b. Dec 1880, Polk County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
vi. JOHN WILEY ISRAEL, b. 18 May 1883, Polk County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
vii. LOTHA ISRAEL, b. May 1885, Polk County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
viii. JAMES TOM ISRAEL, b. Oct 1889, Polk County, Georgia; d. Unknown.
ix. MARVIN BELSON ISRAEL, b. 15 Jul 1897, DeKalb County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
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16. MARTHA ELVIRA6 ISRAEL (MONTERVILLE MARVIN5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL, MICHAEL2,
SOLOMON1) was born 16 Jul 1856 in Cherokee County, Alabama, and died Unknown. She married NEWTON
REUBEN GOGGANS Abt. 1880, son of ANDREW GOGGANS and MARCELLA GOLDEN. He was born 08 Feb 1856 in
Cedartown, Polk County., Georgia, and died 13 Sep 1944 in Ravia, Johnston County, Oklahoma.
More About NEWTON GOGGANS and MARTHA ISRAEL:
Marriage: Abt. 1880
Children of MARTHA ISRAEL and NEWTON GOGGANS are:
26. i. MARY ETHEL7 GOGGANS, b. 20 Jan 1881, Georgetown, Quitman County, GA; d. Unknown.
ii. ARTHUR JACKSON GOGGANS, b. Abt. 1883; d. Unknown.
iii. MINNE LEE GOGGANS, b. 07 Feb 1888, Honey Grove, Fannin County, TX; d. Unknown.
iv. MAUDE GERTRUDE GOGGANS, b. 26 Sep 1892, Ravia, Johnston County, Oklahoma; d. Unknown.
v. WILLIAM THOMAS GOGGANS, b. 14 Oct 1895; d. Unknown.
17. EMILY L.6 ISRAEL (LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL, MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born
Abt. 1853 in Cherokee County, Alabama, and died Oct 1913. She married SAMUEL WHITFIELD GLASGOW 24
Aug 1873 in Jefferson County, Alabama, son of JAMES GLASGOW and ELIZABETH ANTHONY. He died Unknown.
Notes for EMILY L. ISRAEL:
In the 1850 census, this name looks like Emily L.
Jenny Payne believed that Eliza was born in Jefferson County, Alabama
More About EMILY L. ISRAEL:
Census: 1860, Elyton Post Office, Bethlehem Precinct, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About SAMUEL GLASGOW and EMILY ISRAEL:
Marriage: 24 Aug 1873, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of EMILY ISRAEL and SAMUEL GLASGOW are:
27. i. MARVIN WHITFIELD7 GLASGOW, b. 16 Jun 1878, Fairfield, Alabama; d. Unknown.
28. ii. ELIZABETH GLASGOW, b. 1892; d. Unknown.
18. WILLIAM LAWSON6 ISRAEL (LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL, MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1)
was born Aug 1856 in Cherokee County, Alabama41, and died 1943. He married (1) JULIA ANN SCOTT. She died
Unknown. He married (2) REBECCA DAVIS. She was born Unknown, and died 1889. He married (3) SARAH
FRANCIS DAVIS Abt. 1888. She was born Sep 1866 in Mississippi, and died Aft. 1900.
Notes for WILLIAM LAWSON ISRAEL:
After William Lawson Israel's father, Leander Israel, was killed at Chattanooga in 1863, his mother moved her
family to Jefferson County, Alabama, and settled near Mulga.
Source: www.ancestry.com, ID I97861
According to Jenny Payne, in the last years of his life he lived with his sister Georgia.
More About WILLIAM LAWSON ISRAEL:
Burial: 1943, Village Falls Cemetery, Mulga, Alabama
Census 1: 1860, Elyton Post Office, Bethlehem Precinct, Jefferson County, Alabama
Census 2: 1900, Year: 1900; Census Place: Precinct 7, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T623 20; Page: 18A;
Enumeration District: 90
Notes for SARAH FRANCIS DAVIS:
In the 1900 census, she states that she bore 7 children, 4 of whom are still alive.
More About SARAH FRANCIS DAVIS:
Census: 1900, Year: 1900; Census Place: Precinct 7, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T623 20; Page: 18A; Enumeration
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District: 90
More About WILLIAM ISRAEL and SARAH DAVIS:
Marriage: Abt. 1888
Child of WILLIAM ISRAEL and JULIA SCOTT is:
29. i. WILLIAM LAWSON7 ISRAEL, JR., b. Nov 1877, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
Children of WILLIAM ISRAEL and REBECCA DAVIS are:
ii. ROBERT L.7 ISRAEL41, b. Oct 1880, Mississippi41; d. Unknown.
iii. JOHN W ISRAEL41, b. Jun 1882, Mississippi41; d. Unknown.
30. iv. GEORGE OLEN ISRAEL, b. Jun 1884, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 1969.
v. LEANDER E ISRAEL, b. 1889; d. Unknown.
Children of WILLIAM ISRAEL and SARAH DAVIS are:
vi. LUCY L.7 ISRAEL, b. Sep 1889, Mississippi; d. Unknown.
vii. JAMES S. ISRAEL, b. May 1892, Alabama; d. Unknown.
viii. SAMUEL J. ISRAEL, b. 1893, Alabama; d. Unknown.
ix. EDNA E. ISRAEL, b. May 1896, Alabama; d. Unknown.
19. MARY JANE6 ISRAEL (LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL, MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1)42 was
born 11 Sep 1856 in Cherokee County, Alabama, and died 11 Mar 1931 in Alabama. She married JOSEPH
HARLEY CALDWELL43 26 Sep 1874 in Jefferson County, Alabama44, son of ALEXANDER CALDWELL and
ELIZABETH GOODWIN. He was born 16 Sep 1854 in Alabama45, and died 20 Jul 1918 in Peggs, Cherokee
County, Oklahoma46.
Notes for MARY JANE ISRAEL:
She told Aunt Jennie that when she was a small girl, she used to go down to the cemetery where she is buried and
read her Bible during school recess. That story comes from Martha Jane Caldwell Payne, who was her daughter.
Jenny Payne believed that she was born 9/11/1856 in Jefferson County and died March 11, 1931.
Her wedding license was issues September 16, 1874. The performing person is listed as Whifield Anthony.
After her husband died in Oklahoma, she returned to Alabama on the train. She was not feeling very well and the
preacher broughter her back. This was probably senile dementia. She went to live with her daughter Hattie.
More About MARY JANE ISRAEL:
Name 2: Mary J Israel47
Date born 2: 1856, Alabama47
Burial: 1931, Village Falls Cemetery, Mulga, Alabama
Census: 1860, Elyton Post Office, Bethlehem Precinct, Jefferson County, Alabama
Residence: 1860, Bethlahem, Jefferson, Alabama47
Notes for JOSEPH HARLEY CALDWELL:
Found in Jefferson County, Alabama 1880 census married to Mary Jane
1880 Alabama Census
Joseph H. CALDWELL Self M Mal e W 26 AL Farmer AL AL
Mary J. CALDWELL Wif e M Female W 23 AL Keeping House AL AL
Mar y M. CALDWELL Dau S Female W 5 AL AL A L
Benjamin CALDWELL Son S Male W 2 AL A L AL
Melissa CALDWELL Mother W Female W 55 A L At Home AL AL
Fanny CALDWELL Sister S Femal e W 24 AL At Home AL AL
Mary L.CALDWELL Sis ter S Female W 15 AL At Home AL AL -------- --------------------------------------------------
--------- ---- Source Information:
Year: 1880; Census Place: , Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T9_17; Family History Film: 1254017; Page: 461A;
Enumeration District: 72; Image: .
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In 1880 census, next family was Isaac Caldwell
Found on cemetery list at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~timmons/newhome.html and
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/cherokee/cemeteries/nwhomefull.txt
Joseph H. Caldwell, 1853-1918, which is at variance from his date of birth in other places.
He was found by some to be peculiar. If there was a singing school, we had to be there. He liked to hunt and
fish, but sometimes would pout for a week without Grandma knowing why. Told by Martha Jane Caldwell
Payne, his daughter, to Weldon.
From handwrtten notes provided by Weldon to Linda Smith Williams (quoting Jenny Payne): Aunt Jennie
remembers being with him the day he died at home, near Locust Grove, Oklahoma. He had "leakage of the
heart." On the morning of July 20, while she and Grandma Caldwell were with him, two neighbor men stopped.
One saw that J.H. couldn't last long and stayed with him. At 11:00 a.m., Joseph Harley looked at the clock and
said " I have about one hour left." Mama says that he died at exactly 12 noon.
More About JOSEPH HARLEY CALDWELL:
Date born 2: 1854, Alabama48
Burial: 1918, New Home Cemetery, Peggs, OK
Census: 1880, Year: 1880; Census Place: , Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T9_17; Family History Film: 1254017;
Page: 461A; Enumeration District: 72; Image:
Residence: 1880, Jefferson, Alabama48
More About JOSEPH CALDWELL and MARY ISRAEL:
Marriage: 26 Sep 1874, Jefferson County, Alabama49
Children of MARY ISRAEL and JOSEPH CALDWELL are:
31. i. MARY MELISSA7 CALDWELL, b. 10 Sep 1875, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 10 Mar 1970,
Jefferson County, Alabama.
32. ii. BENJAMIN ALEXANDER CALDWELL, b. 26 Jan 1878, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 25 Jan 1953,
Jefferson County, Alabama.
33. iii. MAGNOLIA E. CALDWELL, b. 30 Jul 1880, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 16 Sep 1967.
iv. HATTIE I. CALDWELL, b. 13 Mar 1883, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 26 Oct 1956, Praco,
Jefferson County, Alabama; m. THOMAS GREEN, 02 Apr, 1905; b. 06 Jan 1868; d. 1933, Praco,
Jefferson County, Alabama.
Notes for HATTIE I. CALDWELL:
No children.
Notes for THOMAS GREEN:
According to Jenny Payne, he was a coal miner whose brother was killed in an explosion just
before Tom went on shift. This was a persuading factor in Grandma Caldwell agreeing to move to
Oklahoma, so her boys wouldn't have to work in the mines. Married (along with Zepha and Lee
Cooley) in Caldwell's front yard on Sunday before finally moving to Oklahoma.
No children
Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery
More About THOMAS GREEN and HATTIE CALDWELL:
Marriage: 02 Apr, 1905
34. v. ZEPHARANE C. CALDWELL, b. 16 Jul 1886, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 03 Dec 1974, Jefferson
County, Alabama.
vi. JESSE LEE CALDWELL, b. 24 Dec 1888, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Apr 1923, Locust Grove,
Oklahoma; m. IDA MAE KINSEY, 23 Nov 1910; b. McKay or Ducktown, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
Notes for JESSE LEE CALDWELL:
His sister said he could get along with anyone.
He used to work on the railroad.
He probably had heart trouble.
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Jenny Payne said that he died in a boarding house in Locust Grove, Oklahoma, which has now
been converted into a funeral home, but still stands.
More About JESSE LEE CALDWELL:
Died 2: 1923, In a boarding house in Locust Grove, OK
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
More About JESSE CALDWELL and IDA KINSEY:
Marriage: 23 Nov 1910
vii. REVEREND JAMES WARD CALDWELL, b. 11 May 1891, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 01 Nov
1978, Carrollton, Alabama; m. (1) CARRIE O. PAYNE; b. 1890, Georgia; d. 26 Dec 1960, Carrollton,
Alabama; m. (2) IRENE NOWELL; d. Unknown.
Notes for REVEREND JAMES WARD CALDWELL:
Baptist preacher
He is probably buried in Carrollton, Alabama
More About REVEREND JAMES WARD CALDWELL:
Census: 1920, Peggs Township, Cherokee County, Oklahoma
More About CARRIE O. PAYNE:
Name 2: Carrie O. Payne Satterfield
35. viii. MARTHA JANE CALDWELL, b. 22 Sep 1894, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 10 Jan 1986.
ix. WILLIAM ISAAC CALDWELL, b. 07 Jan 1897, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 11 Oct 1982; m. MARY
JANE CORDELIA FRANKLIN; b. 26 Nov 1900; d. 20 Dec 1991.
Notes for WILLIAM ISAAC CALDWELL:
Last known address: Brentwood, California
36. x. JOHN RAY CALDWELL, b. 20 May 1900, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 15 Mar 1973, Locust Grove,
Mayes County, Oklahoma.
20. DULCINA6 ISRAEL (LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL, MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born
Bet. 1859 - 1860 in Cherokee County, Alabama, and died 1892 in Jefferson County, Alabama. She married
ROBERT W. HARDIN 05 Jan 1878 in Jefferson County, Alabama. He was born Apr 1852, and died 14 May 1914
in Jefferson County, Alabama.
Notes for DULCINA ISRAEL:
The 1860 census states that she is 1 year old, taken on June 9, 1860.
More About DULCINA ISRAEL:
Burial: 1892, Village Falls Cemetery, Mulga, Alabama
Census: 1860, Elyton Post Office, Bethlehem Precinct, Jefferson County, Alabama
Notes for ROBERT W. HARDIN:
1900 census: Robert W. Hardin and Mary
Year: 1900; Census Place: Precinct 45, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T623 22; Page: 28A; Enumeration District:
129.
More About ROBERT W. HARDIN:
Burial: 1914, Village Falls Cemetery, Mulga, Alabama
Census: 1900, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About ROBERT HARDIN and DULCINA ISRAEL:
Marriage: 05 Jan 1878, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of DULCINA ISRAEL and ROBERT HARDIN are:
i. REUBEN7 HARDIN, d. Unknown.
ii. MAE HARDIN, d. Unknown.
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More About MAE HARDIN:
Burial: Unknown, Village Falls Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
iii. RHODA HARDIN, d. Unknown.
iv. OLA B. HARDIN, d. 06 Aug 1950, Jefferson County, Alabama.
Notes for OLA B. HARDIN:
Death certfiicate: Volume 32, Certificate 15953, Roll 5, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About OLA B. HARDIN:
Burial: Unknown, Village Falls Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
v. A.M. HARDIN, d. Unknown.
More About A.M. HARDIN:
Burial: Unknown, Village Falls Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
vi. OLLIEUS L. HARDIN, b. 30 Apr 1891; d. 13 Nov 1975; m. M. IDA HICKS; b. 13 Dec 1889; d. 14 Dec
1980.
Notes for OLLIEUS L. HARDIN:
Is William Toy Hardin in Village Falls Cemetery his son?
More About OLLIEUS L. HARDIN:
Burial: Unknown, Village Falls Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About M. IDA HICKS:
Burial: Unknown, Village Falls Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
vii. MARY VIRGINA HARDIN, b. 1878; d. 13 Oct 1943, Jefferson County, Alabama; m. THORNTON
SILAS; b. 1870; d. 14 Oct 1951, Jefferson County, Alabama.
More About MARY VIRGINA HARDIN:
Burial: Unknown, Village Falls Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About THORNTON SILAS:
Burial: Unknown, Village Falls Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
21. LORGIA CAROLINE6 ISRAEL (LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL, MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1)50
was born 02 Jul 1861 in Cherokee County, Alabama50, and died 23 Dec 1950 in Jefferson County, Alabama50.
She married JOHN H. ANTHONY50 13 Dec 1877 in Jefferson County, Alabama50, son of GEORGE ANTHONY and
MARGARET ZUBER. He was born 19 Apr 1856 in Georgia50, and died 24 Aug 1948 in Jefferson County,
Alabama50.
Notes for LORGIA CAROLINE ISRAEL:
According to Jenny Payne, Georgia had one eye and a smoked lens in her glasses.
According to the 1910 census, she bore 10 children and 9 were living in 1910.
More About LORGIA CAROLINE ISRAEL:
Name 2: Called Georgia50
Died 2: 19 Jan 1943, Alternate date
Burial 1: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Burial 2: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Jefferson County, Alabama50
Notes for JOHN H. ANTHONY:
[Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW]
In the 1900 census, he says that he was born in Georgia and his parents in Georgia as well. Georgia, his wife,
says she was born in Alabama and her parents were born in South Carolina. This is not quite true. Her father,
Leander, was born in North Carolina. He is a farm laborer and they can both read and write. They have six
children at home, aged from 1 to 15.
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Death certificate: 25 Aug 1948, Jefferson County, Alabama, Volume 33, Certificate 16382, Roll 5.
Brother and sister, John and Annie, married brother and sister, James Leader and Lorgia Caroline Israel.
More About JOHN H. ANTHONY:
Name 2: John A Anthony51,52
Name 3: John A. Anthony53
Date born 2: Georgia53
Date born 3: 1856, Georgia54
Date born 4: 1857, Georgia55
Burial: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Census: 1900, Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 5, Bell, Texas; Roll: T623 1610; Page: 1B;
Enumeration District: 24.56
Residence 1: 1910, 49-Pct, Jefferson, Alabama57
Residence 2: 1880, Holly Springs, Fayette, Alabama58
Residence 3: 1930, Precinct 7, Jefferson, Alabama59
More About JOHN ANTHONY and LORGIA ISRAEL:
Marriage 1: 13 Dec 1877, Jefferson County, Alabama60
Marriage 2: 13 Dec 1877
Children of LORGIA ISRAEL and JOHN ANTHONY are:
i. EURETHA7 ANTHONY60, b. 31 Aug 188860; d. 03 Sep 1981, Jefferson County, Alabama60; m. FRANK
COTNAM WHEELER60; b. 21 Apr 1886, Jackson County, Alabama60; d. 23 Aug 1956, Atallah,
Etowah, Alabama60.
More About EURETHA ANTHONY:
Name 2: Called Retha60
Notes for FRANK COTNAM WHEELER:
They named their children alphabetically as they were born, A through E.
More About FRANK COTNAM WHEELER:
Name 2: Franklyn Cotnam Wheeler Called Cot
Census: 1910, Lives in a row with all the Wheelers
37. ii. LUCIOUS LEE ANTHONY, b. 15 Oct 1882, Mississippi; d. 07 Feb 1960, Alabama.
iii. GEORGIA ANTHONY60, b. Nov 188960; d. Unknown.
iv. WILLIAM ANTHONY60, b. Feb 189260; d. Unknown.
v. CARRIE ANTHONY60, b. Jan 189660; d. Unknown.
vi. POPE ANTHONY60, b. May 189960; d. Unknown.
vii. JESSE ANTHONY60, b. Abt. 1903, Texas; d. Unknown.
More About JESSE ANTHONY:
Occupation: 1930, Electrician (Power House)
38. viii. JOHN HOUSTON ANTHONY, b. Apr 1885; d. Aug 1975.
39. ix. LUCIUS LEE ANTHONY, b. 15 Oct 1882; d. 07 Feb 1960.
40. x. RETHA ANTHONY, b. 31 Aug 1888; d. 03 Sep 1981, Jefferson County, Alabama.
xi. JOSEPHINE ANTHONY61, b. Abt. 1879, Alabama; d. Unknown.
22. JAMES LEANDER6 ISRAEL (LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL, MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1)62
was born Abt. 1863 in Cherokee County, Alabama, and died 1891 in Jefferson County, Alabama. He married
ANNIE REBECCA ANTHONY62, daughter of GEORGE ANTHONY and MARGARET ZUBER. She was born Jun 1862 in
Georgia62, and died 194562.
Notes for JAMES LEANDER ISRAEL:
[Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW]
In the 1860 census, he says he can read but cannot write.
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More About JAMES LEANDER ISRAEL:
Date born 2: 1863, Cherokee County, Alabama62
Died 2: 1891, Cherokee County, Alabama62
Burial: Unknown, Village Falls Cemetery, Mulga, Jefferson County, Alabama62
Census: 1880, Year: 1880; Census Place: , Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T9_17; Family History Film: 1254017;
Page: 431C; Enumeration District: 71; Image living with his sister62
Notes for ANNIE REBECCA ANTHONY:
[Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW]
Brother and sister, John and Annie, married brother and sister, James Leader and Lorgia Caroline Israel.
In 1900, she is the head of the household. Her husband has been dead for about 9 years. Her children are all at
home, ages 10, 12, and 14.
More About ANNIE REBECCA ANTHONY:
Burial: 1945, Village Falls Cemetery, Mulga, Alabama
Census: 1900, Year: 1900; Census Place: Precinct 30, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T623 21; Page: 3B; Enumeration
District: 116.62
Occupation: 1900, Laundry woman, according to the census62
Children of JAMES ISRAEL and ANNIE ANTHONY are:
i. EFFIE7 ISRAEL, d. Unknown.
ii. PEARL ISRAEL, b. 1885; d. 1972; m. CHARLEY M CHAPMAN62; d. Unknown.
41. iii. SAMUEL EARL ISRAEL, b. 20 Oct 1887; d. 18 Jul 1962.
iv. EFFIE ISRAEL62, b. Apr 1890, Alabama63,64; d. Unknown.
More About EFFIE ISRAEL:
Census: 1900, Year: 1900; Census Place: Precinct 30, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T623 21; Page:
3B; Enumeration District: 116.64
23. WILLIAM STEVEN6 ISRAEL (JOHN WHITMORE5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL, MICHAEL2,
SOLOMON1) was born 17 Feb 1860 in Cherokee County, Alabama, and died 03 Nov 1943 in Winston County,
Mississippi. He married ATHANASIA DUGAN, daughter of WILLIAM DUGAN and MARY WHITE. She was born 11
Sep 1858 in Noxubee County, Mississippi, and died 20 Mar 1924 in Winston County, Mississippi.
Notes for WILLIAM STEVEN ISRAEL:
Steven was the only child of John and Letty Israel. He married Athanasia Dugan and had six children. He is
buried in the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Winston County Mississippi.
More About WILLIAM STEVEN ISRAEL:
Burial: Unknown, Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Winston, County, MS
More About ATHANASIA DUGAN:
Burial: Unknown, Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Winston, County, MS
Children of WILLIAM ISRAEL and ATHANASIA DUGAN are:
i. MATTIE LOUVENIA7 ISRAEL, b. 23 Sep 1880, Holmes County, Mississippi; d. 24 Aug 1972, Winston
County, Mississippi; m. WILLIS RILEY WEEKS; b. 17 Nov 1874; d. 04 Sep 1957.
More About MATTIE LOUVENIA ISRAEL:
Burial: Unknown, Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Winston County, Mississippi
42. ii. MARY LETTIE ISRAEL, b. 23 Oct 1882, Natchez, Mississippi; d. 15 Mar 1973, Houston, Chickasaw
County, MS.
iii. WILLIAM ROSS ISRAEL, b. 19 Mar 1885; d. 08 Mar 1920.
iv. IDA A. ISRAEL, b. 07 Dec 1888; d. 03 Sep 1922.
v. FLORENCE VIRGINIA ISRAEL, b. 26 Feb 1896; d. Unknown; m. ANDREW SHAW; b. Bet. 1880 -
1900; d. Unknown.
vi. JOHN WHITFIELD ISRAEL, b. 10 Jan 1892, Choctaw County, Mississippi; d. Unknown.
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24. JAMES FRANKLIN7 ISRAEL (WILLIAM TAYLOR6, MONTERVILLE MARVIN5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3
ISRAEL, MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born 18 Aug 1878 in Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri, and died 1950.
He married LULU CAPPS 19 Dec 1897. She died 1907.
More About JAMES ISRAEL and LULU CAPPS:
Marriage: 19 Dec 1897
Children of JAMES ISRAEL and LULU CAPPS are:
i. HORACE FRANKLIN8 ISRAEL, b. 1899, Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri; d. Unknown.
ii. ELIZABETH FAYE ISRAEL, b. 12 May 1901, Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri; d. Unknown.
iii. HILLERY ISRAEL, b. 30 Aug 1903; d. 1977, Denver, Colorado; m. LORETTA ?, Private; b. Private.
More About HILLERY ISRAEL and LORETTA ?:
Private-Begin: Private
25. WILLIAM MARVIAL7 ISRAEL (WILLIAM TAYLOR6, MONTERVILLE MARVIN5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3
ISRAEL, MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born 16 Aug 1880 in Waverly, Lafayette County, Missouri, and died
Unknown. He married JEANETTE ROBB. She died Unknown.
Child of WILLIAM ISRAEL and JEANETTE ROBB is:
i. WILLIAM W8 ISRAEL, b. Private.
26. MARY ETHEL7 GOGGANS (MARTHA ELVIRA6 ISRAEL, MONTERVILLE MARVIN5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3
ISRAEL, MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born 20 Jan 1881 in Georgetown, Quitman County, GA, and died Unknown.
She married JOHN HOWARD STRICHCOMB WHITE 20 Aug 1896 in Kirbyville, Taney County, Missouri, son of
JAMES WHITE and LUCINDA HAGGARD. He was born 02 Jan 1878 in Kirbyville, Taney County, Missouri, and
died 08 May 1961 in Haskell, Haskell County, Texas.
More About JOHN WHITE and MARY GOGGANS:
Marriage: 20 Aug 1896, Kirbyville, Taney County, Missouri
Children of MARY GOGGANS and JOHN WHITE are:
i. LIVING8 WHITE, b. Private.
ii. JENERAL LEE WHITE, b. 19 Jun 1897, Durwood, Oklahoma; d. 04 Jan 1968, El Paso, Texas; m. (1)
EULA; d. Unknown; m. (2) IVA EMMA BELCHER, 29 Apr 1919; d. Unknown.
More About JENERAL WHITE and IVA BELCHER:
Marriage: 29 Apr 1919
iii. NORA OLIVE WHITE, b. 21 Feb 1900, Ravia, Johnston County, Oklahoma; d. 16 Nov 1984, Silver
City, New Mexico; m. HUBERT HARVEY BRICKEY, 29 Nov 1916, Madill, OK; b. 14 Nov 1897,
Pocola, LeFlore County, OK; d. 28 May 1967, Lordsburg, Hidalgo County, New Mexico.
More About HUBERT BRICKEY and NORA WHITE:
Marriage: 29 Nov 1916, Madill, OK
iv. AUTHOR CARL WHITE, b. 23 Apr 1902, Mead, Bryan County, Oklahoma; d. Unknown.
v. NELLIE MAUDE WHITE, b. 04 Feb 1905, Mead, Bryan County, Oklahoma; d. Unknown.
vi. JOHN MARION WHITE, b. 20 Apr 1907, Mead, Bryan County, Oklahoma; d. Unknown.
vii. WILLIAM OTTO WHITE, b. Private.
viii. VOTRA BETHEL WHITE, b. Private.
ix. JESSE JAMES WHITE, b. Private.
x. VELAH MAY WHITE, b. Private.
27. MARVIN WHITFIELD7 GLASGOW (EMILY L.6 ISRAEL, LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL,
MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born 16 Jun 1878 in Fairfield, Alabama, and died Unknown. He married FRANCES
HARVEY READ 15 Sep 1908, daughter of GEORGE READ and CLARA MARTIN. She died Unknown.
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More About MARVIN GLASGOW and FRANCES READ:
Marriage: 15 Sep 1908
Children of MARVIN GLASGOW and FRANCES READ are:
i. GEORGE SAMUEL8 GLASGOW, b. Private.
ii. RALPH EMERSON GLASGOW, b. Private.
iii. FRANCES ELIZABETH GLASGOW, b. Private.
iv. RICHARD DOUGLAS GLASGOW, b. Private.
v. MARVIN WHITFIELD GLASGOW, JR., b. Private.
28. ELIZABETH7 GLASGOW (EMILY L.6 ISRAEL, LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL, MICHAEL2,
SOLOMON1) was born 1892, and died Unknown. She married ? FANT. He died Unknown.
Children of ELIZABETH GLASGOW and ? FANT are:
i. ROBERT OWEN8 FANT, b. Private.
ii. CLAYTON GLASGOW FANT, b. Private.
iii. FRANCES ANNETTE FANT, b. Private.
iv. MARILYN FANT, b. Private.
29. WILLIAM LAWSON7 ISRAEL, JR. (WILLIAM LAWSON6, LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL,
MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born Nov 1877 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died Unknown. He married (1)
MARGARET LACEY. She died Unknown. He married (2) UNKNOWN. She died Unknown. He married (3)
DAISEY ?. She died Unknown.
Child of WILLIAM ISRAEL and MARGARET LACEY is:
i. MORRIS8 ISRAEL, b. Private.
Children of WILLIAM ISRAEL and UNKNOWN are:
ii. EDITH8 ISRAEL, b. Private; m. EARL MCCAULEY, Private; b. Private.
More About EARL MCCAULEY and EDITH ISRAEL:
Private-Begin: Private
iii. WILLIAM LAWSON ISRAEL III, b. Private.
iv. BARBARA ISRAEL, b. Private.
v. SONNY ISRAEL, b. Private.
30. GEORGE OLEN7 ISRAEL (WILLIAM LAWSON6, LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL,
MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1)65 was born Jun 1884 in Jefferson County, Alabama65, and died 1969. He married RUTH
MILLER 19 Nov 1902 in Jefferson County, Alabama. She died Unknown.
More About GEORGE ISRAEL and RUTH MILLER:
Marriage: 19 Nov 1902, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of GEORGE ISRAEL and RUTH MILLER are:
i. RUBY8 ISRAEL, b. Private; m. E. M. HARDIN, Private; b. Private.
More About E. HARDIN and RUBY ISRAEL:
Private-Begin: Private
ii. ALF MILLER ISRAEL, b. Private; m. JEROME C THOMPSON, Private; b. Private.
More About JEROME THOMPSON and ALF ISRAEL:
Private-Begin: Private
iii. MARY ISRAEL, b. Private; m. RICHARD GRAY, Private; b. Private.
More About RICHARD GRAY and MARY ISRAEL:
Private-Begin: Private
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31. MARY MELISSA7 CALDWELL (MARY JANE6 ISRAEL, LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL,
MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1)66 was born 10 Sep 1875 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 10 Mar 1970 in Jefferson
County, Alabama. She married STEPHEN ALFORD SHOEMAKER 01 Jul 1891, son of FLEMING SHOEMAKER and
AMANDA LOVETT. He was born 11 Nov 1867, and died 13 Feb 1956 in Jefferson County, Alabama.
Notes for MARY MELISSA CALDWELL:
According to Weldon and to Linda Williams , Mary ran off at 14 to marry Alf Shoemaker. They were in
Alabama when the Caldwells moved to Oklahoma, but moved later that year. MV Payne said Alf "could lay off
the straightest cotton rows of anybody I ever saw." Ruby Smith told Linda Williams this story.
Another family researcher has her date of death as 11 Mar 1971
Notes for STEPHEN ALFORD SHOEMAKER:
Death certfiicate: 13 feb 1956, Jefferson County, Alabama, Volume 7, Certificate 3261, Roll 6.
More About STEPHEN ALFORD SHOEMAKER:
Name 2: Called Alf Shoemaker
Name 3: Stephen Alford Shoemaker
Census: 1920, Adams Creek Township, Wagoner, Oklahoma
More About STEPHEN SHOEMAKER and MARY CALDWELL:
Marriage: 01 Jul 1891
Children of MARY CALDWELL and STEPHEN SHOEMAKER are:
i. FRANCES LUCKINBILL8 SHOEMAKER, b. 16 Jun 1898, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 08 Mar 1926,
Jefferson County, Alabama.
ii. CARRIE E SHOEMAKER, b. 1905; d. 01 Apr 1988, Jefferson County, Alabama.
iii. LOYD H SHOEMAKER, b. 1907, Oklahoma; d. 01 Jan 1981, Jefferson County, Alabama.
More About LOYD H SHOEMAKER:
Burial: Unknown, Village Falls Cemetery, Mulga, Jefferson County, Alabama (no marker, but in
notes)
iv. DORCUS E SHOEMAKER, b. Private.
v. MAJORIE SHOEMAKER, b. 1903, Alabama; d. Unknown.
vi. DAUGHTER SHOEMAKER, b. 1901, Alabama; d. Unknown.
32. BENJAMIN ALEXANDER7 CALDWELL (MARY JANE6 ISRAEL, LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3
ISRAEL, MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1)67 was born 26 Jan 1878 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 25 Jan 1953 in
Jefferson County, Alabama. He married JULIA IDA WHEELER 1900 in Jefferson County, Alabama, daughter of
ANDREW WHEELER and MARY JONES. She was born 24 Jun 1878 in Jackson County, Alabama, and died 03 Aug
1959 in West End Hospital, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama68.
Notes for BENJAMIN ALEXANDER CALDWELL:
Jenny Payne says he was buried on his 75th birthday.
He married Julia Ida Wheeler before the Caldwells moved to Oklahoma. Ben and Julie rented a house near the
family, who were living in the "McNair Place," a big two-story house (with pecan groves) owned by an Indian
family named McNair. (Jenny Payne, as related to Weldon ).
In the 1900 census, Benjamin and Juie live alone (without kids), between the Goolsbys and the Spencers. A short
distance away there are Rufus Nicholson, his wife, Rufus Linus Nicholson, and Walter Hugh Nicholson and his
family. This is not the house where they lived when their grandchildren were growing up. This house was on
Pleasant Grove Road, about 3 miles away toward Edgewater. Eventually, after they moved from the house, Ben's
brother Jim and his wife Carrie moved there. The Paynes moved into the house across the road when they came
back from Texas and Oklahoma.
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In the 1910 census, the following families live all in a row:
Andrew and Mary Angeline Wheeler
Richard J. and Jennie Wheeler
Kate Wheeler Glasgow and Bascom Glasgow
Frank C. and Retha Anthony Wheeler
Joseph A. and Bessie Wheeler
He should have been back in Alabama for the 1920 census, but I can't find a record of it. He had a child born in
Alabama in 1915, so he should have been in Alabama rather than Oklahoma in 1920.
The 1930 census has Ben and Julia with son Jim and daughter Alice in Jefferson County, Alabama. Richard
Jones Wheeler is listed just before Ben and Julia. Joseph Andrew Wheeler lives nearby on that same side.
Walter Goolsby lives on the other side, then James Goolsby, then John and Nora Anthony. Ben owns his home,
which is worth $6,000. He is a carpenter for a coal and iron company. He is not a veteran. These census pages
do not list the name of the road or the house numbers.
Death certificate: Jefferson County, Alabama, Jan 25, 1953, Volume 3, Certificate 1117, Roll 5.
More About BENJAMIN ALEXANDER CALDWELL:
Burial: 1953, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Census 1: 1930, Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 7, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 22; Page: 10A; Enumeration
District: 129; Image: 381.0. next to Richard Jones Wheeler and near Joseph A. Wheeler
Census 2: 1880, Year: 1880; Census Place: , Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T9_17; Family History Film: 1254017;
Page: 461A; Enumeration District: 72; Image: With his parents in Jefferson County, Albaama
Census 3: 1900, Year: 1900; Census Place: Precinct 7, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T623 20; Page: 17A;
Enumeration District: 90
Census 4: 1910, Jefferson County, Alabama
Occupation: Carpenter, doing construction work for Tennessee Coal and Iron on their company houses. He could
fix a toof, paint, fix a wall or whatever needed doing. He worked in Edgewater just before he retired.
Notes for JULIA IDA WHEELER:
She said that when they were in Oklahoma, the wind blew so strong that it blew the plants away as fast as they
could plant crops. She said people went crazy from the wind and its damage.
Her grand-daughter says: She did what all the pioneer women did. She sewed, kept house, kept a garden, and
cooked. Her grand-daughter says that she had such an imagination about cooking. She knew how to take
whatever was in the house and make a meal. If it was almost grocery day and stores were low, she could still
figure out a good meal. When everyone was starving and she needed a quick meal, she would fry fatback, then
cook sauerkraut in that same pan. She'd cook a pan of cornbread while it was cooking, then put that out for lunch
with buttermilk and home-made jelly. (Her grand-daughter Julia Minerva was good at that too.) She sang
"Bringing In The Sheaves" while she mopped the kitchen floor.
Her great-granddaughter says: I remember her Folgers Coffee can. It sat next to her chair. I guess she dipped
snuff and spat into the can. As a child this fascinated me! I remember her as a kind woman who appeared in my
life every once in a while and then disappeared. I am gateful to my mother for taking the time to write about her
so we would all know something about her.
More About JULIA IDA WHEELER:
Burial: 1959, Pleaant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About BENJAMIN CALDWELL and JULIA WHEELER:
Marriage: 1900, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of BENJAMIN CALDWELL and JULIA WHEELER are:
i. IDA LOIS8 CALDWELL, b. 05 Feb 1901, Birmingham, Alabama; d. 04 Mar 1992, Brewton, Alabama;
m. (1) ROBERT WRIGHT; b. Casselberry, Elmore County, Alabama; d. Unknown, Brewton,
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Alabama; m. (2) THOMAS E. SWEARINGTON; d. Bef. 1940; m. (3) SAMUEL LINTON HEATH, Abt.
1926; b. 1890, Hissop, Alabama; d. Unknown.
Notes for IDA LOIS CALDWELL:
Lois went to college and worked various jobs in the Baptist church. In 1946, she was a secretary at
Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater, Florida, after her husband Sam died. Her niece says she
mostly "did what Baptist preachers' wives did." She did not have children.
She married her husbands in this order. Each died. All were Southern Baptist ministers.
Samuel Heath
Robert Wright
Thomas Swearington
In about 1940, her family visited her in Clearwater for two weeks: Alyce and her kids, Elizabeth and
her kids and Granny and Popa and Linda Smith. They traveled in Popa's car and Elizabeth's car.
(Alyce did not drive.) There is a picture of all the kids on a dock on Lake Tarpon, which was called
Lake Butler then. They stayed in a 2 bedroom cabin, which had a kitchen. There was a beach
along the lake, sandy and nice. If there were the alligators that inhabited Lake Tarpon later, they
did not know about it. To go to the beach, they had to go to Alternate 19, then across the
causeway to the beach. The causeway was originally built by WPA workers in the 1930s and was
a construction marvel. They picked oranges in an orange grove, then went to Tarpon Springs and
went out on the sponge boat. Her niece Linda remembers the diver putting on his gear to dive for
sponges. The kids would get up in the morning and put on their bathing suits and stay in them all
day long. Every afternoon they went to the beach. One afternoon they visited Calvary Baptist
Church, where she worked and saw the dome, which is beautiful. They visited her at the Gray
Moss Inn in downtown Clearwater, where she lived. She had an apartment on the second floor
that opened onto a veranda. (That has been torn down in the late 1990s and is now a parking lot
for the Scientologists' conference center.)
Earlier in the summer, Linda went home with Alyce from a visit to Birmingham. Alyce returned to
Lanette on the train and Linda went to help her keep her children in order. Since Linda was in
Lanette, she was included in the trip to Clearwater, then returned home to Birmingham with her
grandparents.
More About ROBERT WRIGHT:
Occupation: Minister
More About THOMAS E. SWEARINGTON:
Occupation: Southern Baptist Minister
Notes for SAMUEL LINTON HEATH:
In 1930, Samuel and Lois are living in Hartselle, Alabama. They are renting a home, for which they
are paying $15 per month. They have been married 4 to 5 years, having married when he was 35
and she was 24. They and all of their parents were born in Alabama. He is a Baptist clergyman.
He says that he is a veteran of World War I.
More About SAMUEL LINTON HEATH:
Census: 1930, Hartselle, Morgan County, Alabama
Occupation: Southern Baptist clergyman
Residence: 1930, Year: 1930; Census Place: Hartselle, Morgan, Alabama; Roll: 45; Page: 12A;
Enumeration District: 21; Image: 241.0.
More About SAMUEL HEATH and IDA CALDWELL:
Marriage: Abt. 1926
ii. RUBY SPENCER CALDWELL, b. 11 Jan 1903, Ensley, Jefferson County, Alabama69; d. 25 Oct 1986,
Panama City, Bay, FL; m. EMMETT NICHOLSON SMITH, 27 Oct 1922, Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Alabama; b. 16 Aug 1893, Fort Payne, DeKalb County, Alabama70; d. 09 Feb 1950, Lake
City, Columbia County, FL71.
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Notes for RUBY SPENCER CALDWELL:
Social Security Information from Death Index
Ruby SMITH
Birth Date: 11 Jan 1903
Death Date: Oct 1986
Social Security Number: 263-46-6085
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Florida
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 32404
Localities: Panama City, Bay, Florida
She was buried on her wedding anniversary, having outlived her husband by 36 years.
Her daughter says: She quit school in 7th grade and stayed home to help her mother. Later in life
she was a cook, caretaker and so forth. During World War II she took a home nursing course.
When any of the people in the neighborhood had a baby, she would help the doctor. When anyone
was sick, they would come get her to sit with the sick person and take care of them When her
grand-daughter Linda Rae was 3, she had dysentery while she was away visiting with Ruby. Ruby
sat in the hospital with her, crocheted and fed her 7-up and jello. She grew flowers, both plain and
unusual. People would come by and see her flowers and she would pick a bouquet for them. She
made many, many, rag dolls, long and skinny, all sewn by hand. They could go in the washing
machine and dryer and come out and be loved some more. She made completely hand-sewn
quilts, then made potholders from the scraps. Everyone in the family used her potholders.
Everyone thinks of her when they see a pansy. She always said the kids could pick all the pansies
they wanted. Pansies were fair game.
Her grand-daughter says: Granny Rube taught me to crochet, sew by hand and pick flowers
properly. In my garden now I have all sorts of flowers that remind me of her: pansies, peonies,
columbines, and coral bells. My most vivid memory of her is watching her kill a diamond back
rattler with a hoe when she was about 58 years old. My most vivid memory of her house in Lynn
Haven, Florida, was some asparagus my mother picked and cooked for me there one spring. It
was the best asparagus I ever ate. I loved her quilts and I always sewed, but I thought I could
NEVER make a quilt like she could. One day, when I was in my late thirties, I saw a quilt made of
old blue jeans and tied with red yarn. It was so ugly. I knew I could do better than that, so I started
making quilts and enjoying every minute of it. I am proud to say that I have a copy of her rag doll
pattern.
Her son says that she did not sell flowers until later in life. She always said, "Flowers shoudl be
given away" and gave away a fortune in them. She also made those rag dolls complete in every
detail with panties, petticoats,socks. His wife has one with small glasses made of small copper
wire and once tried to get her to make one using some of his sister's red hair. Granny Rube made
one of cotton yarn that looked like her daughter's hair instead. if you have one of hers notice the
small stitches, handmade like they were machine made. EVERY baby as far back as I can
remember, got a stuffed crochet multi color ball (and I think Nell still has one of our kids ball) Nell
still treats some of those rag dolls like they were gold.
More About RUBY SPENCER CALDWELL:
Name 2: Called Granny Rube
Burial: 1986, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Notes for EMMETT NICHOLSON SMITH:
Florida Death Index 1877-1998 Name: Emmet M. Smith Place: Columbia Gender: M Race: W
Volume: 1393 Certificate: 2497 Death Date: 1950 (He was at the Veterans Hospital in Lake City
when he died.)
Their son, Jack Smith, was born in a house on the property of Andrew Lindsay Wheeler. It was a 2-
story house back behind the main house.
During the 1930 census, the family was living in Mount Clemons Michigan, near Detroit. He was
working there reupholstering and repairing Victorian furntiure and returned to Alabama just before
the birth of his daughter, Linda. On April 24, 1930, he lived in Clinton Township, Mount Clemons,
at 25 Church Street, with Ruby, Guy and Jack. There were two boarders in the house, whose
names appear to be Verna Leonardson(born in Michigan) and Charles Simmons (born in Illinois).
The family is paying $30 a month for rent. Emmett says his father was born in Georgia and Ruby
says her mother was born in Missouri according to the census takers, both things that we believe
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are not true. The lodgers are a waitress at a hotel and a laborer doing odd jobs. Emmett lists
himself as a a carpenter in a cabinet shop.
His daughter says: He always planted a few crops because farming was in his blood. They had 39
acres in Alabama, but a lot of it was woods (long-term leases from Tennessee Coal and Iron
company). He would have corn, sweet potatoes and soy beans, in a time when people were not
growing soy beans. He fed them to the animals, but said that people would be eating them before
long. He had a kitchen garden too. He worked in a defense plant in Alabama, during World War II.
His daughter does not know what he did because they didn't talk about what they did at the plant.
She thinks he made powder for explosives. His son thinks he was working on setting the plant up
rather than working in the plant. He learned how to cut hair in the Army, so on Sunday afternoons
their front porch was a barber shop. Everyone who was working 6 days a week in the defense
plants during the war would get their hair cut because that was their only day off. When it became
popular for women to bob their hair, he cut his wife's hair. The relationship with her father was
cooler after that, and he may have never forgiven Emmett for cutting Ruby's hair.
His son says: My dad worked in the Edgewater coal mine as a brick mason building block and
brick walls for air and ventilation control and motor shops in the mine for part of the war years. He
worked as a saw filer, sharpening saws while building a powder plant for DUPONT co. in Sylacaga,
Al. Tthey produced powder for dynamite and all kinds of explosives ( I think the full name was
I. E. Dupont and De mours co. I may not have it spelled right ). Both before and after the war he
worked as a contractor building houses.
He says his dad was a man of sometimes strong opinions and did not care what other people
thought, a trait which arguably carried down in the famly. At church one time the discussion came
up among a small group about why some person did not come to church. Someone in the group
mentioned that this person just did not have a suit to wear and felt out of place .My dad very quickly
answered "who is going to church, the person or the clothes ? If the clothes are going you can just
put them in a paper sack and send them." After more discussion about being too poor to own a
suit my dad suggested that the group start wearing KHAKI pants and any kind of clean shirt and
forget the tie. The next Sunday he showed up in khaki pants. He was the only one but he
continued to do that. He did not believe that clothes make the man. I am afraid that I have to
agree. He worked at the powder plant as a carpenter-- saw filer while building the plant. he never
worked in the plant after it went into production
His son also says his dad had 2 separate 40 acre, adjoining leases with 40 acres in cultivation, the
rest was in woods and pasture. He believed in a good garden He liked to go to church and tell
people "I have plenty of garden vegetables, Come on over and help yourself " then when we got
home he would tell me to go pick some and bring it to the house so they won't be tromping around
in the garden (some of them didn't know how to pick and would destroy more than they picked).
From the 6th grade on I got out of school at 1:00 and came hom, ,hooked up the mule(s) and
plowed until he came home to take over the plowing and I would go in and fix the mules feed
sometimes milk the cow and then do my homework (what part of it I ever done) I think the main
reason for some of the farming was to keep me out of trouble - - - It worked. I came in one day
and told him I wanted to go to a specific ball game.He wasn't in the best mood that day He said "
I've got your d- - - ball game there is a team of mules and 40 acres and if that runs out I will lease
some more" well that fall we bought a used tractor and I learned to drive it pretty good, The 40
acres ran out, I had plowed it over and over..My dad always tried to do what he said he would do
so he leased 5 acres - - -5 miles from home I plowed that and planted it in soybeans, I cut and
raked it and he gave it away because it had NUT grass in it and he,didn't want to contaminate our
place with it. But I never got into trouble I didn't have time. Of all the farming we done , I sold 1
half wagon load of watermelons..Of the rest, we had what we used and gave away more than we
used I can't remember ever selling anything more. ---He first leased the front 40 acres that he had
helped uncle Hugh Nicholson clear the trees off of it I can remember some of the trees were oaks
over 2 feet in diameter. the first lease was before my sister Linda was born The second lease was
an adjoining 40 acres that uncle Dick Wheeler *(Granny Caldwell's brother ) had leased for years
and he gave up the lease. since we had the front 40 the company ( T. C I ) let us have it.There was
some mine cracks--big cracks in the ground varying in size some4--6 ft. wide and 40--50 ft long
open 4 to 8 ft deep ( WE had a mule fall into one once and we had to dig her out ) We filled them
and watched them and farmed right over them. Occasionally one would open up and we would
have to fill it again some of the cracks are there now in among the houses that have been built in
my field.
More About EMMETT NICHOLSON SMITH:
Burial: 1950, Pleaant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
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Military service: Corporal, U. S. Army, World War I
Occupation: Brick mason, carpenter, builder, did his own drafting, made his own plans, did
blacksmithing (shoed horses for everyone), built furniture. Loved to use the lathe.
Residence 1: 1920, Living with parents: 1920 U.S. Census • Alabama • DeKalb • Van Buren • ED#
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Residence 2: 1900, Precinct 7, Jefferson, Alabama72
Residence 3: 1930, Year: 1930; Census Place: Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan; Roll: 1009;
Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 29; Image: 244.0.
More About EMMETT SMITH and RUBY CALDWELL:
Marriage: 27 Oct 1922, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
iii. WILLIS MASON CALDWELL73, b. 01 Oct 1904, Birmingham, Alabama; d. 08 Aug 1977, Gadsden,
Alabama73; m. (1) STELLA WHITE; b. 26 Oct 1905, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 07 Nov 1997,
Adamsville, Jefferson County, Alabama; m. (2) BEULAH GILBERT, Private; b. Private; m. (3) RUBY
P., Private; b. Private.
Notes for WILLIS MASON CALDWELL:
Name: Willis Caldwell
SSN: 416-09-8041
Last Residence: 35904 Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, United States of America
Born: 1 Oct 1904
Died: Aug 1977
State (Year) SSN issued: Alabama (Before 1951 )
He did electrical work. He had a knack for working on cars. According to Linda Williams that
sometimes included making them NOT work.
More About WILLIS MASON CALDWELL:
Date born 2: 01 Oct 190473
Social Security Number: 416-09-804173
SSN issued: Alabama73
Notes for STELLA WHITE:
Stella sewed the most beautiful things. She had a knack for fancy sewing, but she could make
anything. After she was divorced, she went to work at the company store to Tennessee Coal and
Iron. She worked there until she retired, in addition to all of her motherly things.
More About STELLA WHITE:
Social Security Number: Bef. 1951, 416-20-5149, from Social Security Death index
More About WILLIS CALDWELL and BEULAH GILBERT:
Private-Begin: Private
More About WILLIS CALDWELL and RUBY P.:
Private-Begin: Private
iv. HAROLD WAYNE CALDWELL, b. 10 Sep 1907, Birmingham, Alabama; d. 10 Mar 1930, Pensacola,
Escambia, Florida.
Notes for HAROLD WAYNE CALDWELL:
In an email dated May 16, 2005, Ben Caldwell says:
The subject came up about Harold Wain Caldwell wanting to fly. I found a log book for him
amoung my dad's log books. It showed him as an AMM2c which is an Aviation Machinist Mate
second class. That is an aircraft mechanic. The log book shows him flying as a crew member.
The first entry is January 9, 1927, but at least one previous page is missing, so I don't know exactly
when he started. The last entry is for August 9, 1928. He was stationed aboard the USS
Marblehead (CL-12), a light cruiser. During the time he was aboard her, she saw service in
Nicaragua, Pearl Harbor, and Shanghai, China.
In the log book is a document from the naval air station at Pensacola, Florida, dated September 10,
1928 designating him a student pilot. I have attached a copy of that document. (This document will
be on the grannyandpopacaldwell.com website.) He must have been transferred from the USS
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Marblehead to Pensacola to start flight school. He died March 10, 1930. There are no entries in
his log book for the last 19 months of his life. I can only assume that he had another log book and
was a student pilot at Pensacola during that time. That is plenty of time for him to have finished
flight school and become a full fledged pilot.
The story I heard about his death was that he was in a boat that capsized. He swam to shore, but
went back to try to save one of his buddies and they both drowned.
More About HAROLD WAYNE CALDWELL:
Name 2: Harold Wain Caldwell To Military
Cause of Death: Boating accident at Pensacola, Florida
Military service: U. S. Navy
v. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CALDWELL, b. 17 Jun 1909, Wahilla, OKlahoma74; d. 10 Dec 1964,
Pensacola, Escambia, Florida; m. (1) MARY M. WILLIS; b. 1909; d. 1950; m. (2) EMILY MARGARET
FARRELL; b. 22 Aug 1911, Providence, Rhode Island; d. 06 Jun 2004.
Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CALDWELL:
When he was 17, he ren away and joined the Navy with a friend of his. He and Harry both joined,
but they did not go together. He trained at Pensacola, Florida. He was a navigator and pilot. After
World War II, some smart aleck young medic did his annual physical and decided he had asthma,
so he had to go on a desk job. He finished his Navy career in Pensacola. He retired as a
Commander, without a high school diploma. According to his son, he was up for Captain, but had
little chance of making it given his lack of education. He was an Ensign at the beginning of World
War II. He was promoted during the war. At the end of the war, Congress voted to allow some of
them to keep their rank and he was allowed to. He finished his Navy career in Pensacola. He
retired as a Commander, without a high school diploma. According to his son, he was up for
Captain, but had little chance of making it given his lack of education.
In the 1930 census, he is living at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Warrington (Pensacola), Florida.
The writing is not too clear, but it looks like he is living in Barracks Building 231.
Name: Benjamin Franklin Caldwell
Veteran's Rank: CDR
Branch: US Navy
Last known address: Naval Air Station, 80 Hovey Road Pensacola , FL 32508
Birth Date: 17 Jun 1909
Death Date: 10 Dec 1964
Veteran Service Start Date: 27 Feb 1938
Veteran Service End Date: 1 Mar 1958
Interment Date: 14 Dec 1964
Cemetery: Barrancas National Cemetery
Buried At: Section 30 Site 275
Cemetery URL: http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/barrancas.htm
Source Information:
National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2004 [database online].
Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: National Cemetery Administration.
Nationwide Gravesite Locator.
More About BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CALDWELL:
Burial: 14 Dec 1964, Barrancas National Cemetery
Census: 1930, Year: 1930; Census Place: Warrington, Escambia, Florida; Roll: 315; Page: 10B;
Enumeration District: 4; Image: 379.0.
Occupation: 1940, Flying for the Secretary of the Navy
More About MARY M. WILLIS:
Burial: Unknown, Pleaant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Cause of Death: Brain tumor
Notes for EMILY MARGARET FARRELL:
Name: Emily M Caldwell
Veteran's Rank: CDR
Branch: US Navy
Relation Name: Benjamin Franklin Caldwell
Relationship: Wife
Last known address: Naval Air Station, 80 Hovey Road Pensacola , FL 32508
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Birth Date: 22 Aug 1911
Death Date: 6 Jun 2004
Interment Date: 10 Jun 2004
Cemetery: Barrancas National Cemetery
Buried At: Section 30 Site 275
Cemetery URL: http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/barrancas.htm
Relationship Notes: Wife of Caldwell, Benjamin Franklin
Source Information:
National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2004 [database online].
Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: National Cemetery Administration.
Nationwide Gravesite Locator.
More About EMILY MARGARET FARRELL:
Burial: 10 Jun 2004, Barrancas National Cemetery
vi. ELIZABETH JANE CALDWELL, b. Private; m. HOMER VANN, Private; b. Private.
More About HOMER VANN and ELIZABETH CALDWELL:
Private-Begin: Private
vii. JAMES WILSON CALDWELL, b. Jul 1913, Locust Grove, Oklahoma75; d. 16 Dec 1980, Brewton,
Alabama; m. MARGARET LOUISE WILLIS, Private; b. Private.
Notes for JAMES WILSON CALDWELL:
He was a painter He might have done a little maintenance work also. Then he felt called to be a
Baptist preacher, so he went to college and then to seminary. He was a preacher in various Baptist
churches in Alabama after school. He was living in Brewton, Alabama when he died. His niece
says he was a good preacher.
More About JAMES CALDWELL and MARGARET WILLIS:
Private-Begin: Private
viii. VIRGINIA ALICE CALDWELL, b. 14 Aug 1915, Birmingham, Alabama; d. 2004; m. JOHN RUSSELL
MCKENZIE, Private; b. Private.
Notes for VIRGINIA ALICE CALDWELL:
In the Pleasant Grove Cemetery, there was a stone in the Caldwell lot. Cars kept missing the curve
and hitting the stone. So, Alice bought a really big stone so that cars could not damage it. It
seems to be working.
Alice always had a beautiful garden. When her children were grown up, she went to work at
Auburn University. She first took classes to learn to be a secretary. Eventually, when David was in
college, she worked as an administrative assistant to the Dean of the school of agriculture. She
continued in that job until she retired. She used to take rocks to the elementary school and talk to
the children about the different rocks in her collection. She sewed and made all of her children's
clothes while they were growing up. I am sure they saw this as a mixed blessing.
Her son Craig is a geologist. He sent her rocks from everywhere he went, to add to her rock
collection.
Alyce and Russell lived in Lanette, Alabama, until their children started going to college. Then they
moved to Auburn because it was cheaper to move there than it was to have their children living at
the college.
More About JOHN MCKENZIE and VIRGINIA CALDWELL:
Private-Begin: Private
ix. INFANT CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1919, Birmingham, Alabama; d. 1919, Birmingham, Alabama.
33. MAGNOLIA E.7 CALDWELL (MARY JANE6 ISRAEL, LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL,
MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1)76 was born 30 Jul 1880 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 16 Sep 1967. She married
WADE HEDGECOCK 1899 in Jefferson County, Alabama. He was born 1888 in Georgia, and died Aug 1951 in
Dallas, Texas77.
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Notes for MAGNOLIA E. CALDWELL:
She had twins, but they could not find food to agree with them, and they died. That would be Lawrence and
Florence.
Jenny Payne told Weldon that she married Wade Hedgecock before the Caldwells moved to Oklahoma. Wade
mined and lived at Hueytown and later Carbon Hill. They finally moved to Oklahoma. Wade died in Dallas of
tuberculosis, but had been in a mental hospital.
More About MAGNOLIA E. CALDWELL:
Name 2: Nola
Notes for WADE HEDGECOCK:
Miner at Hueytown and later Carbon Hill
Lived in Hueytown.
Moved to Oklahoma in about 1890.
1920 census: Living in Choteau with his wife and 7 children. He says his father was born in Georgia and his
mother in Alabama. He is farming. Enumeration district 54, page 12A.
1930 census: Living in Hueytown Village, Jefferson County, Alabama He owns his home, which is worth $2500.
His wife and 5 children live with him. Mary Jane Israel Caldwell is not yet in his home, but she doesn't seem to
be in Oklahome either.
Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 40, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 32; Page: ; Enumeration District: 189; Image:
528.0.
More About WADE HEDGECOCK:
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis, in Dallas Texas
Census 1: 1920, Choteau, Mayes County, Oklahoma
Census 2: 1930, Jefferson County, Alabama
Occupation: 1930, Digger in a coal mine
More About WADE HEDGECOCK and MAGNOLIA CALDWELL:
Marriage: 1899, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of MAGNOLIA CALDWELL and WADE HEDGECOCK are:
i. PAUL8 HEDGECOCK, b. Private.
ii. BENJAMIN HEDGECOCK, b. Private.
iii. FELTON HEDGECOCK, b. Private.
iv. DAISY HEDGECOCK, b. Private.
v. CARL HEDGECOCK, b. Private.
vi. TERRELL OR VERL HEDGECOCK, b. Private.
vii. WOODROW HEDGECOCK, b. Private.
viii. LAWRENCE HEDGECOCK, b. Private.
ix. FLORENCE HEDGECOCK, b. Private.
34. ZEPHARANE C.7 CALDWELL (MARY JANE6 ISRAEL, LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL,
MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born 16 Jul 1886 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 03 Dec 1974 in Jefferson
County, Alabama. She married LEE ELLINDER COOLEY 02 Apr 1905 in Jefferson County, Alabama, son of
MARTHA E.. He was born 12 Nov 1870 in Alabama78, and died 12 Aug 1936 in Praco, Alabama.
Notes for ZEPHARANE C. CALDWELL:
She lived in Cottage Hills rest home about a half-hour from where she was born in house now owned by “Sam”
Harris, Julia Wheeler's sister..
More About ZEPHARANE C. CALDWELL:
Name 2: Zepha
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Burial: Unknown, Village Falls Cemetery, Mulga, Alabama
Notes for LEE ELLINDER COOLEY:
According to Jenny Payne, Lee was a coal miner who died in 1936 after being bedfast for five years, in Praco,
Alabama.
Death certificate: August 1936, Jefferson County, Alabama, Volume 39, Roll 3, Page 19148
In 1900, he is living in Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama. He is head of household, with 2 brothers, 1 sister
and 1 nephew living in his home. Next to him is William E. Cooley His nephew Arthur is 11, born in June 1889,
but we don't know whose son he is. Lee is a farmer and his brothers are day laborers. He is renting a property
that is classified as a farm. Everyone in the household can read and write. Year: 1900; Census Place: Jonesboro,
Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T623 20; Page: 31A; Enumeration District: 85
In 1920, he is living in Tuscaloosa County, with his wife and 2 children.
In 1930, he is living in Praco in Jefferson County, Alabama. He rents his home for $7.00 per month. Arthur,
Herman, Vera and Eva are at home. Which children were born in Alabama and which in Oklahoma changes from
census to census, so it is hard to tell accurately what is going on. Lee and his son Arthur are both coal miners.
He is working, and he is not a veteran. Everyone in the family can read and write. Year: 1930; Census Place:
Precinct 43, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 32; Page: ; Enumeration District: 192; Image: 666.0.
More About LEE ELLINDER COOLEY:
Name 2: Lee A Cooley79
Burial: Unknown, Village Falls Cemetery, Mulga, Alabama
Cause of Death: Died after being bed-ridden for 5 years.
Census 1: 1920, Living in Parsons District, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Census 2: 1900, Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama
Census 3: 1930, Praco, Jefferson County, Alabama
Occupation: 1920, Coal miner
Residence: 1930, Precinct 43, Jefferson, Alabama79
More About LEE COOLEY and ZEPHARANE CALDWELL:
Marriage: 02 Apr 1905, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of ZEPHARANE CALDWELL and LEE COOLEY are:
i. MAY8 COOLEY, b. Private.
ii. EDITH COOLEY, b. Private.
iii. ARTHUR COOLEY, b. Private.
iv. HERMAN F. COOLEY, b. Private.
v. VERA COOLEY, b. Private.
vi. ERA COOLEY, b. 24 Feb 1921; d. 16 Mar 1971; m. MARVIN L. MALLARD; b. 26 Jun 1921; d. 21 Nov
1993.
More About MARVIN L. MALLARD:
Burial: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Military service: S1, U. S. Navy, World War II
vii. JUANITA COOLEY, b. Private.
viii. VIRGINIA F. COOLEY, b. Private.
ix. BOBBIE J. COOLEY, b. Private.
35. MARTHA JANE7 CALDWELL (MARY JANE6 ISRAEL, LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL,
MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born 22 Sep 1894 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 10 Jan 1986. She married
MILLARD VERNON PAYNE Bef. 05 Jun 1918 in Oklahoma, son of JESSE PAYNE and MARY BAYLESS. He was
born 13 Mar 1889 in Rising Fawn, Lafayette, Georgia80, and died 01 Jan 1947 in Jefferson County, Alabama81.
Notes for MILLARD VERNON PAYNE:
In 1900, Millard and his family apparently lived in Justict District, Johnson County, Texas. HIs parents, Jessie
and Mary, say that they were born in Georgia, but their parents were from Tennessee.
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In 1920, he is living in Oklahoma with his brother. He is married, but his wife is not living with the family at that
time.
In 1930, they are living in Johnson County, Texas. Walter Payne and his family live next door.
More About MILLARD VERNON PAYNE:
Name 2: Millard Payne82
Military service: 05 Jun 1918, Draft card completed
Moved 1: 1934, Moved from Texas to Jefferson County, Alabama
Moved 2: Abt. 1928, Thrity, Texas
Occupation 1: 1920, Census lists him as a cotton picker
Occupation 2: 1918, Self-employed farmer
Residence 1: 1920, Stephens, Tillman, Oklahoma living with his brother Paul82
Residence 2: Not Stated, Mayes, Oklahoma83
Residence 3: 1900, Justice Precinct 6, Johnson, Texas84
Residence 4: 1930, Precinct 7, Brown, Texas next to his brother Walter85
More About MILLARD PAYNE and MARTHA CALDWELL:
Marriage: Bef. 05 Jun 1918, Oklahoma
Children of MARTHA CALDWELL and MILLARD PAYNE are:
i. PAULINE8 PAYNE, b. Private.
ii. TALMADGE PAYNE, b. 1923, Oklahoma; d. Unknown, Texas?.
Notes for TALMADGE PAYNE:
Learned capentry from Emmett Nicholson Smith before World War II
More About TALMADGE PAYNE:
Name 2: Talmadge W. Payne86
Name 3: Talmage T. Payne86
Date born 2: 28 Nov 192286
Date born 3: 15 Aug 192786
Died 2: 09 Aug 199186
Died 3: 10 Feb 1995, Clanton, Chilton, Alabama86
Civil: Alabama86,86
Military service: Co-pilot on a B24 stationed in England
Social Security Number 1: 419-32-755986
Social Security Number 2: 422-16-810186
iii. IONE PAYNE, b. Private.
iv. DORIS PAYNE, b. Private.
v. WELDON PAYNE, b. Private.
36. JOHN RAY7 CALDWELL (MARY JANE6 ISRAEL, LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL,
MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born 20 May 1900 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 15 Mar 1973 in Locust
Grove, Mayes County, Oklahoma. He married LILLIE LITTLEFIELD. She was born 1904 in Oklahoma, and died
Unknown.
Notes for JOHN RAY CALDWELL:
He registered for the draft (World War I) in Peggs, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. He stated he was 18, born on
May 20, 1900. He said he was a farmer employed by Mrs. Mary Jane Caldwell. He also listed her as his nearest
relative and said she was living in Peggs. He is described as medium height, slender build, brown hair and brown
eyes. It is signed on September 12, 1918.
In 1920, he is still living in Peggs, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. He is 18, living with his life Lillie and his
mother, whose name is listed as Jane. Her age is right, but she lists her place of birth as Georgia and her parents
as born in the United States. John on the other hand lists his parents place of birth as Alabama, as well as his.
Roll: T625_1451 Page: 6A ED: 14 Image: 0831
In 1930 he is still living in Peggs. With him are his wife and 2 children.
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Year: 1930; Census Place: Peggs, Cherokee, Oklahoma; Roll: 1897; Page: ; Enumeration District: 13; Image:
298.0.
The family selected his casket at the funeral home in Locust Grove, Oklahoma, where his brother Lee had died 50
years earlier.
More About JOHN RAY CALDWELL:
Census 1: 1920, Peggs Township, Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Census 2: 1930, Peggs Township, Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Social Security Number: 446-07-5160
Notes for LILLIE LITTLEFIELD:
She says that her parents were born in Arkansas. There are a lot of Littlefields in Peggs.
Children of JOHN CALDWELL and LILLIE LITTLEFIELD are:
i. HAROLD W.8 CALDWELL, b. Private.
ii. LAURA L. CALDWELL, b. Private.
37. LUCIOUS LEE7 ANTHONY (LORGIA CAROLINE6 ISRAEL, LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL,
MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1)87 was born 15 Oct 1882 in Mississippi87, and died 07 Feb 1960 in Alabama87. He married
HATTIE ODELIA MCDONALD87 22 Mar 190387, daughter of FRANKLIN MCDONALD and MARY EARLY. She was
born 19 Jun 1883, and died 16 Oct 1970.
More About LUCIOUS LEE ANTHONY:
Burial: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Jefferson County, Alabama87
Census 1: 08 Apr 1930, Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 7, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 22; Page: ; Enumeration
District: 129; Image: 368.087
Census 2: 1910, District 39, 7th Precinct, Jefferson County, Alabama87
Occupation: 1930, Car hocker in the steel plant, according to the census87
More About HATTIE ODELIA MCDONALD:
Date born 2: 19 Jun 1883, Alabama87
Died 2: 16 Oct 1970, Jefferson County, Alabama87
Burial 1: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Burial 2: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Jefferson County, Alabama87
More About LUCIOUS ANTHONY and HATTIE MCDONALD:
Marriage: 22 Mar 190387
Children of LUCIOUS ANTHONY and HATTIE MCDONALD are:
i. MYRTLE8 ANTHONY87, b. 1906, Alabama87; d. Unknown.
ii. BESSIE MAE ANTHONY, b. Private.
iii. FRANK ANTHONY, b. Private.
iv. MARY G. ANTHONY, b. Private.
v. LUCIOUS LEE ANTHONY87, b. 29 Oct 1915, Jefferson County, Alabama87; d. 11 Feb 1918, Jefferson
County, Alabama87.
More About LUCIOUS LEE ANTHONY:
Burial: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Jefferson County, Alabama87
vi. JOHN D. ANTHONY, b. Private.
38. JOHN HOUSTON7 ANTHONY (LORGIA CAROLINE6 ISRAEL, LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3
ISRAEL, MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1)87 was born Apr 1885, and died Aug 1975. He married NORA PEARL
MCDONALD87 14 Jul 190787, daughter of WILLIAM MCDONALD and SUSAN GODFREY. She was born Aug 189087,
and died Dec 1969.
Notes for JOHN HOUSTON ANTHONY:
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[Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW]
In the 1930 census, John Houston and Nora Anthony live near Richard J. Wheeler, Benjamin Caldwelll and other
familiar people. John owns land worth $700. She can read and write, but he cannot. He is working as a loader in
the coal mine. With them are their two sons, Melvin and Ralph.
More About JOHN HOUSTON ANTHONY:
Date born 2: 19 Apr 188588,89
Died 2: Aug 1975, Jefferson County, Alabama89
Burial 1: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Burial 2: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Jefferson County, Alabama89
Census 1: 1930, Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 7, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 22; Page: ; Enumeration
District: 129; Image: 381.0.89
Census 2: 1900, Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 5, Bell, Texas; Roll: T623 1610; Page: 1B;
Enumeration District: 24.89
Social Security Number: 416-03-4095. Last residence 35127 Pleasant Grove, Jefferson, Alabama89
More About NORA PEARL MCDONALD:
Died 2: Dec 1969, Jefferson County, Alabama89
Burial 1: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Burial 2: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Jefferson County, Alabama89
More About JOHN ANTHONY and NORA MCDONALD:
Marriage: 14 Jul 190789
Children of JOHN ANTHONY and NORA MCDONALD are:
i. MELVIN E.8 ANTHONY89, b. 07 May 190989; d. 29 Nov 2000; m. VIRGINIA RUTH TERRELL89, 14 Feb
193689; b. 01 Jan 191389; d. 01 May 1978.
More About MELVIN E. ANTHONY:
Died 2: 29 Nov 2000, Jefferson County, Alabama89
Burial 1: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Burial 2: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Jefferson County, Alabama89
More About VIRGINIA RUTH TERRELL:
Name 2: Called Ruth89
Died 2: 01 May 1978, Jefferson County, Alabama89
Burial 1: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Burial 2: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Jefferson County, Alabama89
More About MELVIN ANTHONY and VIRGINIA TERRELL:
Marriage: 14 Feb 193689
ii. GRACE A. ANTHONY, b. 04 Nov 1911; d. 22 Sep 1992; m. CHARLES NORMAN SMITH, 30 Nov 1928;
b. 15 Jan 1909; d. 06 Sep 1986.
More About GRACE A. ANTHONY:
Burial: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About CHARLES NORMAN SMITH:
Burial: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About CHARLES SMITH and GRACE ANTHONY:
Marriage: 30 Nov 1928
iii. RALPH HOUSTON ANTHONY89, b. 10 Apr 191989; d. 10 Mar 2003, Jefferson County, Alabama89; m.
(1) ALICE JOSEPHINE STEVENS, 14 Feb 1941; d. Unknown, Jefferson County, Alabama; m. (2)
ALICE JOSEPHINE STEPHENS, Private; b. Private.
More About RALPH HOUSTON ANTHONY:
Burial 1: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Burial 2: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Jefferson County, Alabama89
Obituary: 11 Mar 2003, Birmingham, Alabama, News
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More About RALPH ANTHONY and ALICE STEVENS:
Marriage: 14 Feb 1941
More About RALPH ANTHONY and ALICE STEPHENS:
Private-Begin: Private
39. LUCIUS LEE7 ANTHONY (LORGIA CAROLINE6 ISRAEL, LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL,
MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born 15 Oct 1882, and died 07 Feb 1960. He married HATTIE ODELIA MCDONALD89
22 Mar 1903, daughter of FRANKLIN MCDONALD and MARY EARLY. She was born 19 Jun 1883, and died 16 Oct
1970.
More About LUCIUS LEE ANTHONY:
Burial: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About HATTIE ODELIA MCDONALD:
Date born 2: 19 Jun 1883, Alabama89
Died 2: 16 Oct 1970, Jefferson County, Alabama89
Burial 1: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Burial 2: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Jefferson County, Alabama89
More About LUCIUS ANTHONY and HATTIE MCDONALD:
Marriage: 22 Mar 1903
Child of LUCIUS ANTHONY and HATTIE MCDONALD is:
i. LUCIUS LEE8 ANTHONY, b. 29 Oct 1915, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 11 Feb 1918, Jefferson
County, Alabama.
More About LUCIUS LEE ANTHONY:
Burial: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
40. RETHA7 ANTHONY (LORGIA CAROLINE6 ISRAEL, LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL,
MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born 31 Aug 1888, and died 03 Sep 1981 in Jefferson County, Alabama. She married
FRANK COTNAM WHEELER89 Abt. 190690, son of ANDREW WHEELER and MARY JONES. He was born 21 Apr
1886 in Jackson County, Alabama91, and died 23 Aug 1956 in Atallah, Etowah, Alabama91.
More About RETHA ANTHONY:
Burial: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Notes for FRANK COTNAM WHEELER:
They named their children alphabetically as they were born, A through E.
More About FRANK COTNAM WHEELER:
Name 2: Franklyn Cotnam Wheeler Called Cot
Census: 1910, Lives in a row with all the Wheelers
More About FRANK WHEELER and RETHA ANTHONY:
Marriage: Abt. 190692
Children of RETHA ANTHONY and FRANK WHEELER are:
i. ARNOLD D.8 WHEELER, b. 24 Mar 1907; d. 21 Jan 1989, Jefferson County, Alabama; m. AMNERIS
BARLETTI; b. 30 Apr 1919; d. 12 Oct 1978, Jefferson County, Alabama.
More About ARNOLD D. WHEELER:
Burial: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Notes for AMNERIS BARLETTI:
World War II war bride from Italy, well liked by the family
More About AMNERIS BARLETTI:
Burial: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
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ii. BETHEL WHEELER, b. Abt. Sep 1909; d. Unknown.
iii. CALVIN H. WHEELER, b. 06 Jan 1913; d. 24 Jun 1986.
More About CALVIN H. WHEELER:
Burial: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Military service: Corporal, U. S. Army, World War I
iv. DAN WHEELER, b. Private.
v. EVERETT E. WHEELER, b. 1920; d. 05 Mar 1977.
More About EVERETT E. WHEELER:
Burial: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
41. SAMUEL EARL7 ISRAEL (JAMES LEANDER6, LEANDER W.5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL, MICHAEL2,
SOLOMON1)93 was born 20 Oct 1887, and died 18 Jul 1962. He married (1) MARTHA ETHEL COKER 15 Jan 1921.
She was born 1892, and died Unknown. He married (2) MARTHA EARL COKER93 15 Jan 192193. She died
Unknown.
More About SAMUEL EARL ISRAEL:
Date born 2: 20 Oct 1887, Alabama93
Died 2: 18 Jul 1962, Alabama93
Burial: Unknown, Marvin's Chapel Cemetery, Pinson, Alabama
Occupation: 1900, Coal miner, at age 12, after the deah of his father93
More About SAMUEL ISRAEL and MARTHA COKER:
Marriage: 15 Jan 1921
More About SAMUEL ISRAEL and MARTHA COKER:
Marriage: 15 Jan 192193
Child of SAMUEL ISRAEL and MARTHA COKER is:
i. JAMES8 ISRAEL93, b. 10 Nov 192793; d. 19 Nov 196693.
More About JAMES ISRAEL:
Burial: Unknown, Marvin's Chapel Cemetery, Pinson, Alabama93
42. MARY LETTIE7 ISRAEL (WILLIAM STEVEN6, JOHN WHITMORE5, JAMES M. ISRAEL4 SR., MICHAEL3 ISRAEL,
MICHAEL2, SOLOMON1) was born 23 Oct 1882 in Natchez, Mississippi, and died 15 Mar 1973 in Houston,
Chickasaw County, MS. She married SAMUEL BYRD CLARDY 14 Dec 1903 in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi,
son of JOSEPH CLARDY and NANCY BATEMAN. He was born 25 Aug 1878, and died 04 Jun 1957 in Charleston,
Mississippi.
More About SAMUEL CLARDY and MARY ISRAEL:
Marriage: 14 Dec 1903, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
Children of MARY ISRAEL and SAMUEL CLARDY are:
i. TOLLIE IRCEL8 CLARDY, b. 10 Apr 1905, Sturgis, Mississippi; d. Dec 1979, Houston, Chicasaw
County, Mississippi; m. LELA HUGHES, Private; b. Private.
More About TOLLIE CLARDY and LELA HUGHES:
Private-Begin: Private
ii. LILLIAN C. CLARDY, b. 18 Jul 1907, Sturgis, Mississippi; d. 29 Mar 1999, Houston, Chicasaw
County, Mississippi; m. (1) LINNIE THEDRO LACEY, 15 Jul 1928, Charleston, Mississippi; b. 10 Jun
1910, Houston, Chicasaw County, Mississippi; d. 13 Jan 1950, Charleston, Mississippi; m. (2)
THURMAN LOWE, 27 Apr 1957; b. 05 Nov 1889; d. 13 Oct 1965, Houston, Chicasaw County,
Mississippi.
More About LINNIE LACEY and LILLIAN CLARDY:
Marriage: 15 Jul 1928, Charleston, Mississippi
More About THURMAN LOWE and LILLIAN CLARDY:
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Marriage: 27 Apr 1957
iii. LETTIE MAY CLARDY, b. 10 May 1909, Choctaw County, Mississippi; d. 18 Dec 1911, Winston
County, Mississippi.
iv. CHARLIE MABON CLARDY, b. 15 Jul 1911, Choctaw County, Mississippi; d. Oct 1967, Illinois.
v. JOE WILLIAM CLARDY, b. 22 Oct 1914, Choctaw County, Mississippi; d. Feb 1941; m. LELA MAE
DETWILER, 26 Oct 1935, Charleston, Mississippi; b. 23 Jan 1921, Plato, Texas County, MS; d. 27
Jan 1988, Waynesville, Pulaski County, MS.
More About JOE CLARDY and LELA DETWILER:
Marriage: 26 Oct 1935, Charleston, Mississippi
vi. MARY GUYTHLLA CLARDY, b. Private; m. EDWARD BENNETT COLLETT, Private; d. Unknown.
More About EDWARD COLLETT and MARY CLARDY:
Private-Begin: Private
vii. ATHA BEE CLARDY, b. 27 Dec 1919, Choctaw County, Mississippi; d. 20 Jan 1992, Rowlett, Texas;
m. MARDES STATEN, 10 Feb 1940, Charleston, Mississippi; b. 18 Apr 1920; d. 07 Jan 1988.
More About MARDES STATEN and ATHA CLARDY:
Marriage: 10 Feb 1940, Charleston, Mississippi
viii. JAMES ROSS CLARDY, b. 02 Sep 1923, Choctaw County, Mississippi; d. Sep 1987, Leakesville,
Greene County, Mississippi; m. LIVING BISHOP, Private; b. Private.
More About JAMES CLARDY and LIVING BISHOP:
Private-Begin: Private
Endnotes
1. 1790 United States Federal Census.
2. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.
3. 1830 United States Federal Census.
4. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.
5. 1790 United States Federal Census.
6. 1830 United States Federal Census.
7. website, http://www.bradmanz.com/RevWarGraves/john_israel.html.
8. 1810 United States Federal Census.
9. 1830 United States Federal Census.
10. 1810 United States Federal Census.
11. 1830 United States Federal Census.
12. website, Ancestry.com, comp. North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868.
13. Captain Graves.
14. 1850 United States Federal Census.
15. Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW, Date of Import: 5 Jun 2005.
16. website, http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcherok/chmar.htm.
17. 1850 United States Federal Census.
18. 1860 United States Federal Census.
19. 1850 United States Federal Census.
20. 1860 United States Federal Census.
21. Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW, Date of Import: 5 Jun 2005.
22. Weldon, Handwritten notes, Jenny Payne thought Mary Angeline was born in Cherokee County, Alabama.
23. Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW, Date of Import: 5 Jun 2005.
24. Census, Bethlehem, Jefferson County, Alabama 1860, Wife of Leander W., age 26, born in South Carolina.
25. Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW, Date of Import: 5 Jun 2005.
26. 1860 United States Federal Census.
27. 1850 United States Federal Census.
28. Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW, Date of Import: 5 Jun 2005.
29. 1860 United States Federal Census.
30. Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW, Date of Import: 5 Jun 2005.
31. 1850 United States Federal Census.
32. 1860 United States Federal Census.
33. 1910 United States Federal Census.
34. 1900 United States Federal Census.
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35. 1910 United States Federal Census.
36. 1860 United States Federal Census.
37. 1900 United States Federal Census.
38. 1910 United States Federal Census.
39. 1860 United States Federal Census.
40. 1900 United States Federal Census.
41. 1900 census.
42. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama 1880, Mary J. age 20.
43. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama 1880, Joseph H., aged 26.
44. Family Bible, Handwritten notes from Jenny Payne, Joseph Harley married Mary Jane Israel on September 16, 1874.
45. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama 1880, Age and place of birth are conssitent.
46. website, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~timmons/newhome.html, CALDWELL, Joseph H., 1853-1918, FA=?,
MO=?, SP=?
47. 1860 United States Federal Census.
48. 1880 United States Federal Census.
49. Family Bible, Handwritten notes from Jenny Payne, Joseph Harley married Mary Jane Israel on September 16, 1874.
50. Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW, Date of Import: 5 Jun 2005.
51. 1910 United States Federal Census.
52. 1930 United States Federal Census.
53. 1880 United States Federal Census.
54. 1910 United States Federal Census.
55. 1930 United States Federal Census.
56. Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW, Date of Import: 5 Jun 2005.
57. 1910 United States Federal Census.
58. 1880 United States Federal Census.
59. 1930 United States Federal Census.
60. Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW, Date of Import: 5 Jun 2005.
61. US Government, 1880 census.
62. Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW, Date of Import: 5 Jun 2005.
63. 1900 census.
64. Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW, Date of Import: 5 Jun 2005.
65. 1900 census.
66. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama 1880, Mary M., daughter of Joseph H. and Mary J., age 5.
67. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama, 1880, Son of Joseph H. and Mary J., age 3.
68. Linda Smith Williams, Linda Smith Wiliams, Personal knowledge, She remembers that her mother, Ruby and sister,
Minerva were with her grandmother when she died.
69. Social Security Death Index, 263-46-6085, Birth and death dates and location at time of death are confirmed.
70. US Government, 1880 census.
71. Linda Smith Williams, Linda Smith Wiliams.
72. 1900 United States Federal Census.
73. Social Security Death Index.
74. Ruby Spencer Caldwell Smith, Handwritten list, Benjamin Franklin was born in Wahila, Oklahoma. Emily and the U.S.
Navy called him Ben. The rest of the family called him Frank.
75. Ruby Spencer Caldwell Smith, Handwritten notes.
76. Weldon, Notes provided to Ruby Caldwell Smith.
77. Weldon, Noites provided to Ruby Caldwell Smith.
78. 1930 United States Federal Census, Jefferson County, Alabama.
79. 1930 United States Federal Census.
80. website, Image of draft card.
81. website, Jefferson, Volume 2, Certificate 668, Roll 2.
82. 1920 United States Federal Census.
83. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
84. 1900 United States Federal Census.
85. 1930 United States Federal Census.
86. Social Security Death Index.
87. Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW, Date of Import: 5 Jun 2005.
88. Social security death record.
89. Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW, Date of Import: 5 Jun 2005.
90. 1910 census.
91. Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW, Date of Import: 5 Jun 2005.
92. 1910 census.
93. Anthony in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.FTW, Date of Import: 5 Jun 2005.