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Jesse Lee Clifton [Male] b. ABT. 1867
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Infant daughter died at 2 months and 2 weeks old. From obituary ofLittle Thelma:
Round the little grave we linger
Till the setting sun is low
God has taken from the bosom
That little flower we cherished so.
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From Vance's Genealogy Quest of RootsWeb.com
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Believed to be cousin of Jamisons buried in the Coleman & JamisonCemeteries.
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Know to his friends as "Uncle Dave Macon", the Worlds Most OutstandingBanjoist.
"Uncle Dave" Macon was one of the original performers on the "Grand Ole
Opry", played the 5 string banjo. He appeared regularily on the Opry from1924 and toured wit h road troups until 1950. His last appearance wasMarch 1, 1952. He was inducted into the "Hal l of Fame" in 1966. He mademany recordings and appeared in one movie in 1940. From 1901 to 19 20 heoperated a freight wagon line between Woodbury and Murfreesboro.
Uncle Dave's Obituary:
Obituary of David Harrison Macon, "Uncle Dave" Macon
Memphis Commercial Appeal
23 Mar 1952
'UNCLE DAVE' MACON; RADIO VETERAN, DIES
'Grand Ole Opry' Entertainer's Funeral Is Today
MURFREESBORO, Tenn., March 22 - (AP) - "Uncle Dave" Macon, veteran radioentertainer on the Na tional Broadcast Grand Ole Opry show, died at ahospital Saturday. He was 81. Macon was one o f the first e ntertainers onthe show originating on Nashville radio station WSM, a quarter ce nturyago. He made his last appearance March 1.
He became ill the next day and was taken to the hospital here for anoperation. Macon's home w as on a farm near Murfreesboro. The entertainermade numerous phonograph records and in 1940 h ad one motio n picture roleat Hollywood. He was the author of numerous hillbilly songs. Bor n atViola, Tenn., Macon for many years operated a freight wagon line betweenWoodbury and Nash ville. He entered the show business with WSM. He leavesseven sons. Services will be held at t he First Methodist Church inMurfreesboro at 2 Sunday afternoon.
Why was Uncle Dave the Elvis of Rutherford Co.?
By: By ERIN EDGEMON Business Editor
Some consider charismatic banjo player Uncle Dave Macon the Elvis Presleyof Rutherford Count y so it just makes sense that there would bedesignated spots where fans can visit and pay tri bute to the c ountymusic legend.
Macon, one of the pioneers of the Grand Ole Opry, would always come onstage and say, ©ØO¿I a m Dave Macon and I am from Rutherford County,©ØOaccording to music historian Charles Wolfe.
He lived much of his life in Readyville and traveled quite often on OldWoodbury Highway fro m Woodbury to Murfreesboro.
Such landmarks as the historic Haynes Chapel United Methodist Churchwhere Macon attended serv ices, Macon©ØOØs Kittrell home and Macon©ØOØsfinal resting place in Coleman Cemetery are on th e Uncle Dave MaconHeritage Driving Tour hosted by the Arts Center of Cannon County.
Murfreesboro native Rebekah Weiler said she has visited most of the siteson the driving tou r over the course of her young life. Growing uplistening to the character and attending the U ncle Dave Maco n Daysfestival inspired her to learn old-time banjo playing.
Uncle Dave was the first superstar of the Grand Ole Opry,©ØO she said.©ØO¿He was the first ico n of country music and that puts us on the mapglobally.
As a musician and history major at MTSU, Weiler appreciates that thesehistoric sites have bee n preserved and marked. She said it is importantto preserve these sites so they can be visite d by the you ngergenerations who are now listening to Macon on their iPods.
Brochures for the free, self-guided tour are available at the RutherfordCounty Chamber of Com merce at 501 Memorial Boulevard and at the ArtsCenter of Cannon County at 1424 John Bragg Hig hway in Wood bury.
The driving tour, which takes about an hour, includes eight stopsbeginning at the historic co urthouse in the center of Murfreesboro PublicSquare and continues along East Main Street as i t turns into Old WoodburyPike ©ØO the road Macon used to deliver freight by mule and cart i n theearly 1900s.
Motorists can tune their radio to 1610 AM and hear recorded messagesfeaturing music, storie s and memories from those who knew Macon at fourof the eight stops. These stops are the Murfr eesboro Public Square,Coleman Cemetery, Tilford Lumber in Readyville and at the Grand Ole Opr yhighway market just past downtown Woodbury on Highway 70 South. PeteSeeger, Curly Fox and Ro y Acuff are a few of the voices that can be heard.
Evan Hatch, folklorist at the Arts Center of Cannon County, said the ideafor the driving tou r came out of the Arts Center releasing in 2002 the CDcomplication of the last songs Macon re corded from h is home called©ØO¿Uncle Dave at Home.©ØO
He said the thinking was that a driving tour would be just another way tohelp tell the stor y and legacy of Macon. He worked with the late Wolf toidentify the spots on the driving tour.
It just works as a hour-long brief introduction into some of (Macon©ØOØs)life and some of hi s music,©ØO Hatch said.
Modern music would not be the same without the contributions made byMacon, he said, speakin g of Macon©ØOØs technical playing ability andshowmanship.
You have a long proud tradition that begins with hillbilly roots inRutherford County in man y ways,©ØO he said. ©ØO¿(The driving tour)celebrates a time in country music that has influenc ed every form ofmusic.
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The Top 10 facts about Uncle Dave Macon
Uncle Dave Macon
1. Uncle Dave Macon was a charter member and the first superstar of theGrand Ole Opry when i t began airing on WSM radio in Nashville in 1925. Hewas one of the most colorful personalitie s in the hist ory of music. Manybanjo players consider him a major influence.
2. Uncle Dave, who was born in Warren County, was well over the age of 50before he starting p laying the banjo professionally. He continued toperform until he died in 1952 at the age of 8 1 in Readyvi lle. He wasinducted posthumously into the County Music Hall of Fame in 1966.
3. Uncle Dave was an extremely skilled banjo player. Music historianshave identified at leas t 19 different picking styles on his records.Macon is considered a skilled songwriter, maste r showman and outrageouscomedian. He blended the content of Highland folk songs with the musi calstylings of the blues and the energy of vaudeville from Tin Pan Alley.
4. Macon was a master of musical sleight of hand and this showmanship wasa staple of his perf ormances. He would flip his banjo in the air in themidst of picking and a singing and catch i t without a break in the music.With his banjo planted on the floor, Macon would strum the ins trumentwith his Derby hat while walking around the banjo.
5. Before playing the banjo professionally, Uncle Dave hauled freight bymule and cart from Wo odbury to Murfreesboro. Around 1900, there were fourgrocery stores on the Murfreesboro Publi c Square. As Macon would make hisdeliveries he would start singing. He would start plucking o n his banjoon the way home when his work was done.
6. Born David Harrison Macon, the charismatic musician introduced himselfas ©ØO¿Uncle Dave©ØO to break the ice when he would provide entertainmentfor school children as he passed by i n his freight ca rt. The name stuck.Grand Ole Opry founder Judge George D. Hay gave Macon th e nickname DixieDewdrop©ØO.
7. A talent scout booked Uncle Dave to play in Birmingham, Ala, after hisfirst paid gig in 19 18. He sought to make money from his music and comedyafter automobiles put his freight compan y out of bus iness.
8. From l924 through l938, Uncle Dave recorded more than l80 songs foralmost every major labe l. He also recorded and performed often withflat-top guitarist Sam McGee, his brother Kirk, a nd Macon©ØOØs own sonDorris. For a time in the l930s, Macon worked with the Delmore Brothersa s well as with young Roy Acuff and Bill Monroe. Macon was a highlight ofthe l940 film Grand O le Opry, in which he san g and danced around hisbanjo to ©ØO¿Take Me Back to My Carolina Home. ©ØO
9. Uncle Dave©ØOØs father was Confederate Civil War Capt. John Macon. In1883, the elder Maco n purchased the Broadway Hotel in Nashville, whichwas the unofficial headquarters of souther n entertainers and minstrels.This is where Dave Macon is said to have learned much of his per formancestyle. The family moved to Readyville in 1885 after John Macon wasstabbed to death ne ar the hotel. Uncle Dave w as a witness to the murder.
10. Uncle Dave was good friends with harmonica player Deford Bailey, thefirst black man to ap pear on the Grand Ole Opry. Macon and Bailey playedand traveled together in the South whe n a white man an d black couldn'teasily travel together due to Jim Crow laws.
11. Macon©ØOØs log home, listed on the National Register of HistoricPlaces, still stands off t he old Woodbury Pike in Kittrell. He is buriednearby in Coleman Cemetery just down the road f rom Cripple Creek, whichwas the subject of one of his best-known songs.
Sources: Country Music Hall of Fame, Rutherford County historian CharlesWolf and Evan Hatch , folklorist at the Arts Center of Cannon County.
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Tennessee TEC5 Engineers World War II
Will of Hopewell Adams:
I give and bequeth to my daughter Jane Tennison and Abraham Tennison five shillings sterling and this to be theare full part of my living---
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