My Paternal Grandmother's Paternal 1st Cousins

I've been thinking about how family is or is not in touch much and I began wondering how many of my Paternal Grandmother's 1st cousins she knew or may have had contact with during her younger years..  Her Paternal 1st cousins were all born between 1864 and 1880  She was named Pearl Gray Jakes and was born in the spring of 1891.


This picture is Pearl Gray Jakes Cooke with her niece
Olive Bell Shriver and Olive's husband, Sam
Taken about 1975

• Ann Jakes Gibson's children:  John Thomas Gibson, Sarah C Gibson Shelton, Samuel B. Gibson, Joanna Gibson, Rollie Gibson, N.N. Gibson. (Joanna & N.N. died young with no issue)
• Parthenia Jakes McEwen's children:  Wm H. McEwen, Charles McEwen, Dallas McEwen, James McEwen, Hallie McEwen, Sydney McEwen, Thomas McEwen.
• Jane Jakes McEwen's child:  Brady Miller McEwen(died young no issue)

That's about 14 cousins from her Dad's side.  I have DNA matches showing in the Thrulines for descendants of  Sarah C Gibson Shelton and also Rollie Gibson.  There are likely a few other matches who descend from the Jakes / Morrow connection that don't have public trees or their DNA attached to a tree.  I'll check out her Maternal 1st Cousins in a future post.  There were many more of them. The Jakes lived in Bellbuckle and the Beech Grove area of Tennessee.