Marriage of Jamison, Edmond (Ed) Howard (b. FEB 1850, d. AUG 1909) and Bowling, Phoebe Elizabeth (b. AUG 1850, d. 27 MAR 1929)

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Title: DavidGarvin.GED
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Text: Date of Import: Jan 3, 2003

Note: Unknown about Phufy Jamison's name, however, Marriage Records of
Rutherford Co. p. 126:
Jamison, E D & Miss P. E. Bowling married Dec 5, 1872 and assumed to be
the wife.

Source: (Marriage)
Title: DavidGarvin.GED
Media: Other

Data:
Text: Date of Import: Jan 3, 2003

Note: March 9, 1999

Dear Loved Ones,

I hope you will enjoy the family tree of the Boyd-Pitts and Compton-Owen family tree, which I have tried to get together. I have written some things about our dear families which have been given to me or told to me about different members of our families.

Please forgive me for any errors. Will you write down any corrections and additions on a 3-ring notebook sheet of paper and mail to me. I will make copies and send a copy to the relatives where they can add to their booklet.


Thanks you again for your love and kindness. It will be a great day of rejoicing in heaven when we see Jesus, our Savior and Lord, God our heavenly Father and all our loved ones that have gone on. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. I give thanks for a great Godly heritage of our families. To God be the glory.
Thelma Delores Compton Smith

A Bird's Eye View of the John Wesley Boyd Family
by Thelma Delores Compton Smith

A little history of the John Wesley Boyd and wife, Susan Ann Pitts Boyd's family as has been passed down to me through the years by my dear daddy, Grover Cleveland Compton, husband of my mother, Ida Dora Boyd Compton, my sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives. I shall share with you and will always treasure and cherish our Godly heritage.

I apologize and ask your forgiveness of any errors in names, dates, spellings and events that I have written that aren't exactly correct. Perhaps, there are very important people and events that have happened and I'm not aware of that could and should have been written if I had only known.

These things have been written at the request of nieces and nephews, who would like to know about how their great-grandparents lived, worked and reared their 15 children.

This is from my heart.

Thelma Delores Compton Smith

John Wesley Body and wife Susan Ann Pitts-Boyd gave birth to 15 healthy children. Susan Ann's grandparents migrated to Tennessee from North Carolina in the early 1800's. It is believed that John Wesley's family came from Texas. Susan's parents married October 12, 1842 when her mother was 13 years old and her father was 21. Her parents were Mathew and Martha Daughtery Pitts. Mathew acquired a large amount of land when they moved to Tennessee from North Carolina. Susan was given around 200 acres of land and her father, Mathew built her a two-story colonial home, a barn, a chicken house, an outside privey and hog houses. He gave her some of the farm animals. Mathew was a very prosperous farmer and did this for each of his children when they married.

My father, Grover C. Compton told me that my mother's parents and her grandparents were one of the finest, kindest, hardworking, respected, honest Godly family in the Pitts-Boyd-Compton Community. He felt honored that their daughter, Ida Dora Boyd, chose his as her husband, who also came from a highly respected Logan Lonzo and Bettie Susan Owen Compton family.

The beautiful southern colonial home of John Wesley and Susan Ann stood very stately upon a small rise, with a front porch with large columns extending up to the porch on the second floor. This home was beautifully furnished with tall bedsteads with at least 2 or 3 in each of the 5 large bedrooms to sleep 15 children and mother and father.

Susan Ann and John Wesley were well known and highly respected as well as Susan's parents had lived there all their lives in this community. To this union in marriage, God blessed them with the following 15 children. They are named in order of their births and to their marriage partner:

1) Mary Ann Married J. W. Zumbro
2) Alice married George Cook
3) Will married Florence Dunaway
4) Lovella married Boss Hall
5) Ellen married Will Nolen
6) Ben married Clara Thompson
7) Clayton (or Mose) married Emily Jamison
8) John married Bessie Reed
9) Robert married Margaret Russell
10) Joe Frank married Belle Anderson
11) Ida Dora married Grover C. Compton
12) Ada Cora married Bob Jamison
13) Jim married Angie Helton
14) Tom married Vegie Hall
15) Martha married Joe Love

These children grew up to love, share and work. They realized the importance of obeying their parents, as there was a time each day that was spent reading the Word of God to the children and praying with and for them. This was a very important part of their daily lives. As my daddy said, "Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Boyd were Godly, Christ-like people, giving and sharing their love and helping anyone in need. They were highly respected among neighbors and friends.

John Wesley and Susan arose early to prepare the children for school, getting the work done around the house, water drawn for the day, the cows were milked and all the other animals were fed by the older boys. Education was very important to these parents. They wanted their children to learn to spell, read, speak correct English, figure correct measurements and all that goes with a good education and being a good citizen. At this time, completing the 8th Primer was equivalent of a good 8th grade education, which all the Boyd children completed. Not many young people at this time completed this accomplishment and if they did they were qualified to teach.

Early in the spring time the farmers turned the soil, using mules to pull the plows, disc and harrowing the soil, preparing for the planting of the spring crops of corn, wheat, cotton hay which was used for feeding their animals in the cold winter months. Some of the corn and wheat was sold to give them some income. Corn and wheat was ground into cornmeal and flour for the family to have for cornbread and biscuits. The cotton was sold after it was picked for income to buy the necessary clothing, shoes, medicine and other household and farm needs. They had cows, sheep, horses, hogs, and mules, which was necessary for the farmer to use to work the farm with, for food and they sold any extra animals for cash. A huge vegetable garden was planted to eat, to can for the long winter days to eat on. Most every farmer had an orchard to bear fruit, as apples, peaches, pears, plums, etc., which was eaten as they ripened, canned, preserved and dried to make dried peach and apple pies in the long winter months. The children were taught early to pull the weeds, chop and gather the vegetables in for cooking and canning and to help in anyway they could. There were no lazy children in the Boyd's household but, they were given special times to play ball, play dolls and other games for recreation. They knew, "all work and no play made the children a dull child," so they were very sensitive to their children's needs.

Mother Susan fed, watered, gathered the eggs each day. She set the hens with eggs under them to raise lots of young fryer chickens. The pullets were saved to lay eggs and the young roosters were killed as fryers for the dinner table. The older hens and roosters were killed to have a big pot of chicken and dumplin's and delicious cornbread dressing, as they were needed throughout the fall and winter. Susan prepared enough food for relatives or their preacher and family would come for a visit on Sundays after church. Susan had a strong faith and exercised it as it was always a joy and blessing to have "the man of God and family" to eat Sunday dinner with her family.

Susan and the girls baked cakes and pies on Saturday and did as much as they could in preparation for their Sunday dinner. Beans were snapped, butter beans shelled, fresh corn brought in, shucked and silked, cabbage, tomatoes, squash was prepared and ready to be cooked on Sunday morning as Susan cooked breakfast. She was a good organizer and was well prepared for the Sunday worship and big dinner with her family, relatives and Pastor of the local Republican Grove Baptist church. She often killed a big hen or rooster late Saturday afternoon, dressed it and soaked it in very cold water all night. She put it on to cook the first thing after the fire was made in the cook stove early Sunday morning.

After breakfast was cooked, eaten, dishes washed a Sunday tablecloth was put on the table, table was set with the best dishes, napkins, etc. by the older girls. Susan finished up her cooking of the big dinner they would enjoy after church. It was time for everyone to put on their "Sunday go to meeting" clothes and off to Sunday School and church services. This was not an easy chore, but Susan and John Wesley had their priorities right. They had taught the older children to get dressed first and then help the younger children and all were off to church in their two buggies.

The young girls were taught early to help with the housework, making up beds, sweeping the floors, dusting, washing dishes, washing and ironing the clothes, helping with the smaller children or whatever needed to be done. There were no lazy children in this Boyd household. Susan taught the girls to cook, bake, can, churn the milk to make butter and have buttermilk for baking biscuits and cornbread. They were taught to sew, quilt, help with the hog killing about Thanksgiving time. They were taught to be good wives and husbands for their future life.

Most of the time the girls did not work in the fields. They planted flower seeds and kept the beds of zinnias, four o'clocks, hollyhocks, marigolds, etc. clean of weeds and watered. They worked in the garden and picked the vegetables as they were ready to be eaten and canned under the supervision of their mother. When the men folk and boys needed some help chopping corn and cotton in the big fields, the girls put on their bid wide bonnets on their heads, long sleeve dresses, hose on their legs and gloves to protect them from the burning, hot sun. Girls and young ladies did not want to be suntanned, but wanted to have lilywhite faces and skin in those days. In the fall, when it was cotton-picking time, the ladies helped pick the cotton and did their share as they were expecting to get new shoes, dress material and other needs when the cotton was sold at the gin.

As the boys grew up, they were taught how to milk the cows, feed the animals and worked in the fields with their daddy. He taught them how to turn, plow, sow the seed and reap the harvest. They learned how to shoe the horses, saw and cut the firewood, sharpen the plows, axes, keeping the buggies, wagons oiled and greased, the fence rows cleaned out and the rail fences repaired, the ponds had to be dug and cleaned out. John Wesley was teaching and preparing his sons well for one day they would marry, have a home and family to provide for. Their father was a good example to them. The young boys kept the wood box in the kitchen filled with wood for the cooking on the cook stove. Wood was kept in the woodshed and brought upon the front porch for the fireplaces, which heated the large rooms in the wintertime. They drew most of the water from the deep well and kept all the water buckets filled used for cooking, washing of the hands and the drinking water was in a red cedar bucket with a dipper in it which everyone drank out of unless you were sick.

On washdays, it took lots of water along with the rain water, which had been caught in the wooden barrels. The young men were kept busy helping with all the chores around the house and at the barn and in the fields. Farming was a hard, full-time job, from early morning at daybreak until after dark many nights with coal oil lanterns burning at the barn to get all the feeding done and then the walk to the house.

Farming was a wonderful way of life, working in God's earth, seeing the miracles of seed sprouting out of the soil, growing and depending on God to send the rain and the sunshine, bringing the plants to maturity, producing the grains of wheat, corn, rye, fruits, and vegetables for the Boyd family. John Wesley realized the Goodness of God as he worked God's earth and saw His great blessings upon him and his dear family.

It was more miracles for him and his boys as they experienced the births of new life of calves, lambs, pits, colts, chickens and geese in his barnyard. This family truly were experiencing God in action depending on Him for the animal kingdom, the plants, the harvest of grain and fruits and all the other blessings that God truly supplied their needs so abundantly.

In the fall, sweet and sour pickles were made. Kraut was made and put in large 5-gallon stone jars to season for winter eating. Peanuts were dug and hung up to dry to eat on in the winter. The popcorn ears were pulled, hung up to dry and popped over the open fireplace to be enjoyed on the long, dark winter nights. Popcorn balls were made with sorghum molasses and peanuts were put into these delicious popcorn balls. These popcorn balls were made especially around Halloween time. Hominy was made by cooking and swelling of dried shelled corn, then washed with the skins removed from the corn and dried in delicious bacon grease. A very delicious vegetable to eat in the winter when there was no fresh corn to fry or boil.

In the fall, the children and the parents took their buckets, bags to gather hickory nuts and black walnuts to make cookies, pies and cakes during the winter. There were always things to do on the farm with the children and never a dull moment.

When the weather was cold enough, which was about Thanksgiving time, it was time to butcher the hogs. John Wesley usually killed 4 or 5 big hogs. The big vat of water was heated, hogs put in to scald so the hairs could be scrapped off, they were hung up on large poles, scrapped, cut open, gutted, washed out, taken down, cut up, laid out in the smoke house to cool all night, then trimmed and salted down the next morning. From the trimmings, sometimes 2 or 3 shoulders were cut up to put in the sausage, which was ground up, seasoned, put in sacks and hung in the smokehouse to season. Ribs, heart, liver and other fresh meat was shared with family, neighbors and friends. The colored women and their husbands were always available, worked and helped with all the farm work, children, washing, ironing, gardening, etc. They were shown much respect by Mr. and Mr. Boyd. The pigs feet, hogs head were cleaned, cooked and made souse. Some of the sausage, ribs and other parts of the hogs were canned to be eaten the next summer when the cured meat was gone. After the meat had been in the saltbox for about 4-6 weeks, depending on the weather, they were taken up, hung up in the smokehouse to continue curing.

The fat was stripped from the entrails, and cut away from the other parts, was put into the big large 3 legged, black iron kettles to cook and render out the lard, then it was strained and poured in large 5-gallon stands. This was a long day of work.

The recreation for the boys as they grew up was playing ball, hide-and-go-seek, always an Easter egg hunt at church and at home, too. The girls enjoyed some of the games and egg hunts. They would trap for polecats, opossums, fox and mink, which they stretched the hides on boards and sold for spending money. Then, as they got older and began to court the girls, they would saddle up the horse and go over to the girlfriends house, sit with her in the swing on the front porch, go for a walk and visit with her family and to church services with her.

John Wesley Boyd died in 1898 at an early age of 53. He was the first to be buried in the family graveyard. This was a sad time for the family, but Susan's faith was in God. She claimed, "He promises to provide all her needs and He would not leave or forsake her and her family." She was left with the responsibility of providing and rearing the 15 children and 5 of these children were under 10 years of age. The young boys and older ones had been taught well by their father to till, plant and harvest the crops.

Grandmother Susan Ann, the mother of these strong children displayed many talents and abilities of overseeing the farm, animals, rearing and training these children. Each of the older children helped with the younger ones as they felt this was their duty. The basic needs of the family were provided. They continued to live and farm the beautiful, rich farmland. Remember, there was no indoor plumbing, water supplied by a deep well in the yard, the outside privey was used during the day and the old Sears Roebuck catalog and newspaper was kept in the privey. The family used slop jars or chambers at night or when someone was sick. These were covered pots, kept under the beds, emptied, cleaned and left outside to air during the day in the sun and brought in at the close of the day for use at night. Each bedroom had a slop jar.

Susan Ann and some of the older children made infrequent trips into Murfreesboro to buy the needed things. There was always a long list, which, was kept to purchase on their next trip "to town." There were very few cars and trucks that were seen on their trips. The electric lights, running water and indoor plumbing (bathroom) was truly an amazing thing for the children to see and especially the smaller ones.

Mother Susan continued to live on the farm and maintained a good living for her 15 children. They grew up, fell in love, married, left home and started their families. I never was privileged to know any of my grandparents of the Boyds or the Comptons as they had gone on to glory before I was born. The oldest daughter, Mary Ann and husband invited her mother to move in and live with them. They took care of her until her death on March 5, 1925. I was told by my older sister, Azalee, that Grandmother Susan knew that death was fast approaching. She had asked for all her children to come, stand around her bed, holding hands. She looked and spoke to each of her children individually, telling them of her love to them and encouraging them to live for the Lord. After to speaking to the 15, she spoke her final words and said, "Do you hear that beautiful music and the angels singing?" No one heard this, but Mother Boyd smiled and said, "Here comes Jesus." She smiled, closed her eyes and went immediately to be with Jesus, her Savior and Lord. My older sisters and brothers have repeated this wonderful, beautiful experience that my dear mother told to them about her deathbed 3/5/1925.

She was laid to rest by her husband, John Wesley, in the family Boyd Cemetery with many beautiful flowers. A picture was taken of the 15 children surrounding their dear parents graves. Enclosed in these writings is a picture that was given to me by sister, Gladys, about 3 years before her death in 1994. She also gave me a large picture of Grandpa Boyd. They Boyd estate was sold and divided among the 15 heirs. My mother, Ida Dora Boyd Compton, was the first of the 15 children to die on February 14, 1930 and she was buried in the Boyd Family Cemetery at the foot of her mother.

I will list the names of the 15 children and write what I know or have been told about each one.

1) Mary Ann married J. W. Zumbro and they eventually moved to Murfreesboro. They had 8 children, according to my records, named Walter, Boyd, John, Annie, Laura, Clara, Maude and Carrie. I remember as a child there was a Cousin Walter Zumbro, who directed the traffic around the square in Murfreesboro. My daddy told me he was my first cousin. Grandma Boyd lived with this oldest daughter and family until God called her home.

2) Alice married George Cook and their 3 children were named Annie Mae, Cora Lee and Edgar. I recall visiting Aunt Alice when she lived in the large colonial home on a hill near the Compton store.

3) William Lee married Florence Dunaway and they had 9 children named Minnie, Gertrude, Earline, Willie, Mary Frances, Malcolm, Roy, Wayne and Wesley.

4) Lou married Boyce "Boss" E. Hall. Mary Boyd (Uncle Joe Frank's daughter) remembers there were 4 children named Preston, Robert, Ben, and George. After Boyce Boss died, Lou married a Tomlison man that was an orphan and reared by a Pitts family. They had 2 children, named Maude and Henry.

5) Sarah Ellen married William Henry Nolen and they had 4 children named William Roberson (Cousin Willie as we called him), twins Annie Voras and Nannie Vestral and Boyd Freece. I recall visiting Cousin Willie and wife, Mary, and their 2 children Oscar and Josephine and later Carl was born. We rode the school bus together to Lascassas. We would go over to see Uncle Will and Freece and visit them. Uncle will and Freece were farmers.

6) Benjamin married Clara Thompson, who was killed in a horse and buggy accident. He married Annie Ward and they had 2 children named Theo and Johnnie. Ben's 3rd marriage was to Annie Adams and they had 7 children named Ethel, Nellie, Louise, Margaret, Bennie Kate, Ella and Anna Belle.

7) Mose Clayton married Emily Jamison and they had one child who was called "Little Mose." We used to visit them when my sister and her family came down from Michigan each summer. After Harold and I moved to Murfreesboro in 1993, we drove out the highway and I recognized the house I used to visit. We stopped and Mose was in the yard. I asked Mose if he recognized me? "Yes, you are a Boyd and one of the Compton girls." We had not seen each other in over 50 years. We had a great time as he told me more about the precious Boyd family. We have had him and Zera over to eat with us and we have visited with them on many occasions. I understand they aren't able to take care of themselves now. Good church friends, the Ledbetters are taking care of them. We visited them in the fall of 1998 and Mose and Zera were having difficulty remembering and repeated things over and over to us. Remember them in your prayers.

8) John Boyd married Bessie Reed and had 2 children named Ralph and Jean. They moved to Michigan and he drove a streetcar and busses for years. I met Uncle John and Aunt Bessie out at my sister's, Azalee's, home in Birmingham, Michigan, years ago.

9) Robert Murray married Margaret Russell. They had 4 children named Wayne, Russell, Gerald, and Betty.

10) Joe Frank married Ella Belle Anderson and they had 8 children named Onar Lorene, Anno Jo, Beullah Mae, Mary Hazle, Georgia Belle, Rosie Lee, Frank, and James Wesley. Uncle Joe Frank and Aunt Belle were so sweet and kind to Nadine and me when we visited them when they lived at the Boyd home place. It was such a joy to hear Uncle Joe Frank tell me about my mother as a child and as she grew up. Nadine and Beullah were about the same age and they enjoyed being together. Nadine and family used to stop to see Beullah and family when they were on vacation. She enjoyed seeing Uncle Joe Frank and Aunt Belle who lived with them near Lascassas.

We had attended some of our relatives' funerals since moving to Murfreesboro. We deeply appreciate Frank for putting up the chain-link fence, gate and keeping the cemetery grass, graves, etc. looking so nice. We knew Sandra, Frank's wife from Shelbyville. We have visited and talked with them on occasions. The cemetery is filling up with more graves and beautiful tombstones. A beautiful American flag flies at Beullah's dear husband's grave, truly a lovely sight. I hope to get to visit more of my cousins soon.

11) Ada Cora (twin) married Bob Taylor Jamison and they had 6 children named Thurman, Kathleen, Aubrey, Vervie, Fred, and Ralph. Sister Azalee always took us to visit Aunt Ada, Uncle Bob and family each summer for a day. She would talk "baby talk" to me and told me when I saw her, it was like seeing my mother, as they were identical twins. Oh! I loved to watch her and hear her talk, which brought tears to my eyes. You see I was almost 4 years when my mother died. Oh! I just wanted to love, hug, listen and squeeze on Aunt Ada. This was always a high time in my life to get to visit my dear Aunt Ada, who was so much like my dear mother.

Nadine and I would go to town some Saturdays to go home with Uncle Bob, Vervie and Fred. We would spend the night and they would take us home Sunday afternoon. Aubrey was sick a lot, his stomach would swell and I used to sit around with him and he'd talk to me making me feel very important. Uncle Bob and Vervie and, maybe, Fred would play the guitar and the violin. It was so pretty. Those were good days to be able to visit our loved ones. I believe we were living in Michigan when Aunt Ada and Uncle Bob died. We hear about their deaths sometime later. After Harold and I moved to Murfreesboro, we took Mose and Zera over to Lebanon to visit Kathleen and Hobert. I had not seen her, as she said, "I was a little girl." It was good to see another cousin. We attended Kathleen's funeral and met their lovely daughter. It wasn't long until Hobert went to meet his Lord. I believe most of these Jamison

12) Ida Dora Boyd (twin) married Grover C. Compton and their 7 children were named Mabel Azalee, Gladys Irene, Grover Overall, Orman Liggon, Ida Nadine, Marvin Raymond, and Thelma Delores. I have written about these 7 children and their families in the Compton History. I praise my Heavenly Father for my mother and father. Azalee was married when mother died, my daddy took care of his 6 children at home the best he could. He had his priorities right. We all went to S School, worship services and got a high school education, he never kept any of us out of school to work in the fields. My daddy never owned a piece of property or had a car, but he was a very loving, protective, caring father. In fact, he was like a father and mother to each of us and we highly respected and honored him. Daddy's desire was that all his children would be born again, baptized believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, and he had asked God to let him live until all 7 were married to Christian spouses. God honored his prayer and let him live with good health until he was 85 1/2 years old. The only two living now are the 2 youngest, Marvin who is 77 and me, who was 73 in Feb. of 1999.

13) James Rufus married Mary Angie Helton. They moved to Michigan and he drove a streetcar and city bus for years and retired from this company. Upon retirement, they purchased a small farm near Christinia, out from Murfreesboro. God blessed them with 6 children named James Herman, Donald, Cecil Ray, Mary, Thelma, and Leona. When we lived in Michigan we visited them in Detroit. Nadine really enjoyed Mary and Thelma. Harold and I visited them when they lived on the farm and when they moved to Lokey St. in Murfreesboro. Aunt Angie was a wonderful Christian and we were blessed on each visit. James and Leona lived with her and helped take care of her in her last years. Thelma and Jeff, also Leona and James have visited us since we moved to Murfreesboro. I was told that Mary had passed away. Thelma and Jeff have a son in the ministry. I don't know about the rest.

14) Thomas Aaron married Vegie Hall and they had 2 children named John Thomas and Margaret.

15) Martha Marian, the youngest of the 15 children married Ike Reed. They had a child named Hazel. Ike wanted Hazel be put up for adoption and she was. They divorced and Aunt Martha married Joel Love. They moved to Vermont and had a child named Peggy. I recall they came back to Murfreesboro in the late 1930's with their beautiful little Peggy. They visited us several times. Aunt Martha got a job at the hosiery mill. Uncle Joe took care of Peggy while Aunt Martha worked. Uncle Joe like to talk about himself and what all he had done in life. There is one thing I remember he never did - tie his slippers. He would just slip them on, never bending over. I hear someone say that, "Joe Love was so lazy he wouldn't even bend over to lace up and tie his own shoes." The family felt sorry for Aunt Martha as she was like most all her relatives, a very large but pretty, sweet woman. While they lived in Murfreesboro about 2 years, they visited all their relatives. They moved back East and all 3 are dead and buried there someone told me. I was told they had a foster child named Burnard Richardson, who lives near, off of the Lascassas Pike. I do not know any of the details on him.

The Pitts-Boyds descendants continue to live on with a great desire to be a good example to their children, grandchildren, neighbors, friends and to all they came in contact with. We praise the Lord for those that God has called into His ministry. The ones I have knowledge of are: Bro. Oscar Nolen, Bro. Wallace Owen, Thelma and Jeff's son and our son, Donald Smith who are Baptist ministers, ministers of music and youth. God calls us to various occupations and we are to be good witnesses for Him until He calls us home by death before the trumpet sounds at Jesus' 2nd coming. This will be such a glorious day for those who have put their faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

I pray this will help the younger generation to see the faith of their great, great grandparents and it's up to this generation now to live that future generations will know that Christ is Lord indeed, and may all the honor, glory, praise and thanksgiving be given to God, the Father and the Son of God, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

If there are corrections, additions, please write it down on a sheet of notebook paper and send to me. I'll do a page of corrections to be added and mail it so the page can be added to your records.

May God bless each of you abundantly as you live, love and serve our Great Father God and Jesus.

Mrs. Thelma Delores (Compton) Smith

Note: Marriage application form Matthew & Martha was recorded on Oct. 12, 1842. Aunt Lell says in notes that Matthew & Martha had 12 children thus some of the names may duplicate. There apparently were two which she did not record; one being a baby who died during the first year and Anderson who is currently unknown. See Fate's notes for details.

Thema Delores Compton Smith says that Martha was 13 years old when she married Matthew who was 21.

"Susan's parents married October 12, 1842 when her mother was 13 years old and her father was 21. Her parents were Mathew and Martha Daughtery Pitts. Mathew acquired a large amount of land when they moved to Tennessee from North Carolina. "

Several other source indicate that Martha's family name was Nolen.

Note: Marriage Records
p. 193 Pitts, W.P. & Miss Cora L. Bowns, Nov. 25, 1880

Note: Joshua Lester married John & Elizabeth while the best man wsa William Word.

Marriages:

1828, DEC 03 WASSON, Elizabeth marr. WOOD, John
1815, MAR 06 QUARLES, Elizabeth marr. WASSON, Abner

Other Wilson Co., TN Marriages:

1812, JUL 07 PASCHAL, Polly marr. QUARLES, Isham
1814, JUL 07 PASCHAL, Polly marr. QUARLES, Isham
1815, MAR 06 QUARLES, Elizabeth marr. WASSON, Abner
1817, DEC 15 CLAYTON, Benjamin marr. QUARLES, Luckey
1817, DEC 15 QUARLES, Luckey marr. CLAYTON, Benjamin
1817, DEC 17 QUALLS, John marr. QUARLES, Lockey
1819, OCT 28 QUARLES, Jane marr. WILLIAMS, William
1824, JAN 14 HINES, Parthena marr. QUARLES, Samuel
1824, JAN 14 QUARLES, Samuel marr. HINES, Parthena
1827, MAR 05 CARPENTER, Conrad marr. QUARLES, Eliza Ann
1827, MAR 05 QUARLES, Eliza Ann marr. CARPENTER, Conrad

1807, MAR 21 JENNINGS, John marr. WORD, Fanny
1812, MAR 23 MCHANEY, William marr. WORD, Sally
1813, SEP 21 JENNINGS, Robert marr. WORD, Polly
1813, SEP 21 WORD, Polly marr. JENNINGS, Robert
1818, DEC 08 BRYSON, Elisha marr. WORD, Polly
1818, DEC 08 WORD, Polly marr. BRYSON, Elisha
1818, DEC 18 JENING, Robert marr. WORD, Hannah
1818, DEC 18 WORD, Hannah marr. JENING, Robert
1823, NOV 05 SIMPSON, Polly marr. WORD, Jno
1824, NOV 07 DOAKE, SamL marr. WORD, Nancy
1824, NOV 07 WORD, Nancy marr. DOAKE, SamL

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Divorce: Date: ABT. 1980

Note: Went by train to Kentucky and was married by Judge James. He gave him $5 and then got change back.

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

Note: Good

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

Divorce: Date: ABT. 1987
Place: From record found at Wesley's death

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

Note: Good

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

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

Note: Good

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

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

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

Source: (Marriage)
Title: Gregory.FTW
Media: Other

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

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

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

Source: (Marriage)
Title: Gregory.FTW
Media: Other

Data:
Text: Date of Import: Nov 1, 2002