Fisher, Mary Lee (b. 1866, d. ABT. 1892)

Note: Mary Lee Fisher is reported to have been a member of the church of Christ.

Note: The following information is provided by Michelle Crow:

This is from my great aunt so I'm going to copy it as she wrote it to me.

I told you about Howell Henry, well one of his brothers John Harfis M. Parmelia Uhles ? in 1814 in smith City, TN. 14 children. (Hargis') had many children Son Henderson, b. 1819 m. Carmita Cardua Carmilla Hargis ( they also intermarried) had 7 children. Daughter Sarah Drucilla b. 07-24-1846 married Wm Abner Hargis (Howells son) and had 9 children. Son Eason Howell Hargis married twice. Second marriage to Luetta Owne Jan 2 1899. They had 8 children,but you are interested in the first marriage. Eason was born 12-27-1867 in Macon City. married Amy Lee on 07-11-1886. She was born 01-04-1870 d. 01-05-1898. He died 04-20-1923 in Lafayette and is buried in Cemetery on Coley Property. He owned and operated a Genara store on Long Fork Creek. He died of pneumonia. Mason ? was charter member of Long Fork Baptist church. Eason and Amy Lee Carter had 4 children; Vicky, William Elmer, Robert Earnest and Mollie Lela. Vicky Lee Hargis was b. 01-20-1889,married M.J. Leonard Ward on 02-05-1905 by J.B.R. Wright, witnessed by E.W. Owens. M.J. was born 06-12-1886 d. Sparta Ill. Vicky died 10-25-1974, both are buried in Caledonia Cemetery in Sparta Ill. Children, Carlos Ward b. 06-03-1908, Amos Ward b 11-10-1909, Marjorie and Margaret (twins) 04-26-1921 and Jane Ward b 06-26-1923.

Michelle

Death: 25 OCT 1974 Caledonia Cemetary in Sparta, Ill

Note: Possible Wife of Descendent of Charles Word:


Carlos Lee Vaughn WORD

May 7, 2000
Nashville, TN
Passed from this earthly life Sunday, May 7, 2000. Born January 1,
1970. He leaves to mourn his passing a devoted mother, Maggie Blair;
sister, Kasandra Word; brother, Lawrence Jones; his much loved
children, Dametria, Devaughn, Tachiana, Zania, Carlysia, Andre' Word,
Troy Beddingfield; devoted cousin, Michael Word; devoted friends, Juan
Marks, Keith Haddock, Myles Owens. Family visitation 6-7 P.M.
Thursday, May 11, 2000, at St. James Missionary Baptist Church, 600
28th Ave. N. Funeral to follow, Pastor George T. Brooks officiating.
Interment 10 A.M. Friday, May 12, 2000, Hills of Calvary Cemetery.
SMITH BROTHERS FUNERAL DIRECTORS, INC. Henry L. and
Melvin J. Smith, Directors, 615-726-1476.

Note: He owned and operated a Genara store on Long Fork Creek. He died of pneumonia. Eason was charter member of Long Fork Baptist church. Eason and Amy Lee Carter had 4 children; Vicky, William Elmer, Robert Earnest and Mollie Lela.

Death: 20 APR 1923 Lafayette, Macon Co., TN

Burial: Rest Haven Cemetary on Coley Property

Note: Joan & June were twins. Nether ever married.

Note: Joan & June were twins. Nether ever married.

Death: --Not Shown--

Note: Maybe Gladys Jane?

Note: Leonard is believed to have moved to East St. Louis.

Death: --Not Shown--

Source: (Name)
Title: Cothern Records
Media: Other

Data:
Text: Date of Import: Oct 2, 2001

Source: (Name)
Title: Andrews1.FTW
Media: Other

Data:
Text: Date of Import: Oct 31, 2002

Note: Joe's name was taken from a old friend of his father: Joe Vandergrift who stayed with his family while they were growing up. His middle name "Anthony" was from the radio soap character on "Young Widow Brown". Joe would have been named David except for the fact that his parents moved into a rental apartment who owner had a son named David so they thought it not best to use the name.

Joe was born in Gallatin, TN and lived there for about 10 years before his parents moved to Camden, Tennessee where his father was transfered with Genesco, AKA General Shoe Corportation. He grew up in the small town of about 3,000 where he developed a love for hunting, fishing and life close to nature. He graduated from High school in 1960 and went on to the University of Tennessee where he received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering. Between his Sophmore to Senior years of college he worked for his Uncle Fred in his grocery in Lebanon, TN where he met Lynnette Winkler who became a close friend who he corresponded with during his Junior year in Knoxville. They married the next year and finished his Senior year together at Knoxville.

Source: (Name)
Title: Family Records
Author: Jamison & Andrews Family
Media: Letter

Note: Good

Source: (Name)
Title: Family Records
Author: Jamison & Andrews Family
Media: Letter

Note: Good

Data:
Text: Date of Import: Jul 27, 2001

Death: ABT. 1914

Burial: Union Cemetery on Union Camp Road

Source: (Name)
Title: Family Records
Author: Jamison & Andrews Family
Media: Letter

Note: Good

Source: (Name)
Title: Family Records
Author: Jamison & Andrews Family
Media: Letter

Note: Good

Data:
Text: Date of Import: Jul 27, 2001

Death: 24 APR 1954 Davidson, Co., Nashville, TN

Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery, Franklin, Simpson Co., Kentucky

Note: Belle was only 6 months old when her mother died. She had 9 children.

Death: 16 JUN 1960 Green Lawn Cemetery

Note: Family tradition states that Enoch Fisher, Mary's father, did not approve of her marriage because he was half Indian . As a result, they moved to another county (Rutherford or Wilson?) and the family lost touch with them for a number of years. She supposedly returned home for a visit with her parents in the fall before she died. They were living at Defeated Creak, Smith Co., TN when she died. Lucy Jamison, the granddaughter of John Wesley, reports that when Mary Lee died, John took her body by boat and buried her at some unknown location where the Fisher family could not find her. This apparently was the final act as a result of the Fisher family never accepting their marriage. Another report indicated that when she was sick, her father came and got her and took her back across the river (south of Carthage) and when she died buried her where John could not find her. We may never know what really happened.

John is listed in 1900 Macon Co., TN with 2nd wife.

Aunt Elizabeth Andrews recalled that John traveled a lot. He at one time ran a saloon. He was a member of the church of Christ. Their family was the first family in area to have a sewing machine and silver flatware. Aunt Belle got sewing machine and silver after they died. Maybe Uncle Coilly has them now but no one knows. After Mary Fisher Word died, John married Mollie Word. Mollie died during child birth. John then married Harriet Smith (Aunt Harriet) and after they raised kids they separated.
Harriet was mean to the kids. John then married Ciny Bell Morgan. Aunt Bell married Ciny's son, Coilly Allen. A family picture has John & Harriet, Cordella, Leonard and Belle Word.

Date of death not clear. Feb. 15, 1912 in Sue Sheddan research records and April 13, 1912 in other records.

The following recorded is from Lucy Madeline Andrews Jamison, grand-daughter of John Westley Word in March of 1997 by Joe Jamison her son:

Granddaddy and his brother, Uncle Jim got a saw mill together and ran it for a while. The mill is believed to be in the Defeated Creek area of Macon Co., TN. Then his Uncle Jim went to Texas. Granddaddy then got a saloon. He married again to Mollie who was 21. She died of Typhoid Fever. Mollie was his second wife. He latter married Harriott Smith. We called her Aunt Harriott. Aunt Harriott already had a child. He later married Cythia Belle Morgan and they had a boy.

The following record was also found. Unclear who Verna could be. This would have been about 1900.

#30 John W. Word 41, Verna H. 49 married 21 years

Death: 13 APR 1912 February 15, 1912, buried in Gregory Cemetary, Big Creek.

Note: Sam is thought to have been a peddler during his early life. During his travels it took him to Indian villages around the country. Indian maidens were not allowed to marry men of their local family group due to obvious reasons of inbreeding. Most taboos are based on good logic at the time. In any case, the folks that traveled though the area became candidates for potential husbands for the maidens. This is believed to have been the way that he found his first wife, Edney. It is also believe that the maidens did not use a family name so it is unclear how the Edney Clifton got that name and her parentage relationship.

Family tradition indicates that Samuel met a young Indian girl and ran away to North Carolina. This information is believed to be from Sue Smith Key of Gallatin, TN, grand-daughter of Aunt Belle. Other unconfirmed sources indicate that this young girl was a Crow Indian, however, proof of whether Crow or Cherokee is not known. Another source, i.e. Atheline Esteb died in Indianapolis in 1998 or 1999. Talked with her two or three times with each time giving a little more information but since she is 87 (1997) she remembers very little and some of the information seems contradictory. She was one of about 9 children, most are dead. A brother Bill Allen lives near Lebanon, TN.

Etheline was th daughter of Corty Allen & Stella "Belle" Word?

Samuel is reported to be in army of CSA (Prvt "B" Co. 45th + 84th Inf CSA)
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From A Wilson Co., TN Query

via Carl Word Sat Dec 06, 1997
I am trying to locate the origins of Thomas H. Word, born in Tennessee in 1853. I don't know his parents' names, but there are clues in Wilson County. Edmond Word married Asenath Smith in 1826 in Wilson County,Tenn. Their children included Thomas C. Word. Thomas H. Word named his firstborn Sam. There were others named Sam Word in Tennessee. This Sam Word married a Crow Indian woman according to our records, and had children including John Wesley and James Word, who lived in Wilson County,Tenn. John's birth is listed as March 25, 1859. Any information about Word family members in Wilson County will be invaluable.

Death: ABT. 1875

Note: Athline Esteb, daugter of Stella Belle Word Allen speaks of her grandmother as a full blooded Indian. Others believe that the Indian blood is perhaps one or two more generations back. She does not now remember which tribe but they were a peaceful tribe. Others have reported that she was from the Crow nation. She said Mom was ashamed of being part Indian. She said one time when she was little, she was looking through a drawer and found in the back a picture of the family with a lady with dark skin in it. She ask her mother who it was and her mother only said "she was the woman that raised me". She ask her to put it away. Later Athline found out that it was her grandmother and she was an Indian/Native American. She said that she was a beautiful woman, she stood tall and proud but her mother would not talk about her because during this time being part Indian was not a thing to talk about. This fact was held as a family secret for many years. Athline said she was always proud of her Indian blood. - record of conversation with Athline Esteb and Joe Jamison on April 30, 1997 when she was 87 years old. She has since passed away and is Joe's 1st Cousin, once removed, i.e. Lucy Madeline Andrews Jamison's 1st cousin. A neice of Athline, Susan Smith, also had many pictures that she could not identify. One of these pictures contained a family who she could not identify. Later when a copy of this picture was shown to Lucy Andrews Jamison, grand daughter of John Word, she was able to identify the family as that of Samuel Word, his wife and their children. The obvious conclusion was the mother in the picture who had Indian facial feature was Edney, our roots to the native Americans in the family.

In another conversation with Athline, she said that she remembers seeing trunks which her grandmother used to travel. She said that she had been living in Paris France prior to her marriage to Samuel Word. The verification of this has not been determined, but Athline said that some Indians had apparently been take to Europe years earlier for unknown reasons. Some in the family believe that Edney was full blooded Crow, however, the author has no proof. In any case, the area where they lived was inhabited with the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation. Most all of the Cherokee were move out of Georgia, NC and Tennessee in the 1830s. A few escaped to the mountains and there established the Eastern tribe. Most of the group were moved to Oklahoma along the Pioneer Trail. It later became known as the Trail of Tears because so many died along the way. The trail runs directly through the farm of William Robert "Bud" Jamison.

Several other branches of the Word family have traditions of Indians in the background. Which tribe or even if this is same tale of Samuel's wife is unknown. These are the families in Mississippi and Texas who share this tradition.

Edney, Ednie or Edna may have been her name. Later John Wesley Word's daughter Della had a daughter who was she named "Ednie Viola Patterson". The baby did not live and is buried in the same family grave as I. L. Andrews, Della Word Andrews Patterson, I.L.(Jr.), as Ednie V. Patterson, Jan 21, 1925-Jan 22, 1925 on the family farm between Lafayette and Red Boiling Springs, TN. This is located on the old highway. The parentage of Edney in this record is highly suspected as being incorrect or that of one of Samuel's other wives after Edney had died. The author is still searching for this truth.

Death: 1875 Wilson Co., Tennessee

Note: Tony married Jeaneen when she was pg with Alexander and left her to go to Oklahoma shortly thereafter.

Death: 9 OCT 1968

Note: The memories I have of my grandfather are few but precious. His life was rough as a farmer and it was made even worse when the family had gone to town, their house with all of their belongings was burned to the ground. This happened about the time that the family just got on its feet. The family helped rebuild their house but things never to back the way they were prior to that. When Bob's father died he signed over his part of the inheritance to his sister who did not have a home. Then after all of this his wife, Ada Cora died and all in all he ended up with nothing. They did raise their children with values which were uncommon for the situation and times. Each of them became successful in their own chosen professions.
I remember when I was probably 5 years old that my grandfather took me rabbit hunting with him. He shot a rabbit with the 22 rifle but it was over the fence and he helped me over the fence to fetch it. I can still remember that the rabbit was alive so I picked him up by the ears and brought him back to the fence. I was teased for many years about that occasion but to me it still is the fondest memory I have of him.

Just a few years before my father died, he told me that my grandfather was a bootlegger. He told of one time the revenuers came to find up into the hill to find him. He quietly gathered a sack and some goods and went off into the hills. The revenuers went on into the woods to find him but never did. Times were difficult during that period in the history of this nation prior to WW II. We cannot say what we would have done in order to support a struggling family. We do know what he is said to have done. Riches and success in this life is something he never knew by most of our standards. We can only look at the resulting lives of his family and say he must have done something very right is raising them during the depression. At this writing, all of his children are dead. For the most part, the impact of apparent success of his family lives on. Now he has many grandchildren who are successful with very high morals and religious standards. So we wonder how and why. Such things as hard work and hard times must be said to be good, very good for the results cannot be contradicted by what we see today 60 years after he completed raising his family.

Death: 14 JAN 1960 Lebanon, TN., buried in Coleman Cemetery