In Memoriam: Mary Bumpus White (1890 - 1927)

 

Mary Bumpus White(Mrs. A.F. White)

Born:  August 10, 1890

Died:  January 10, 1927

Survivors

Husband, A. Fonzie White

Sons:

Alfred F. White

William Claude White

Lonnie Clyde White

Earl Bumpus White

Sources:

Baptist and Reflector, January 27, 1927, p  13. col 3; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/baptist-and-reflector-obituary-for-a-f/206589962/ : accessed September 23, 2026), clip page for Obituary for A. F. White by user rmbeckman

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117809316/mary_b-white: accessed 23 Sep 2026), memorial page for Mary B Bumpus White (10 Aug 1890–10 Jan 1927),Memorial ID 117809316, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

In Memoriam: Charles Caswell Puckett (1876-1929)

 

Charles Caswell Puckett

Born: November 10 1876

Died: December 9, 1929

Married:  1907 to Elizabeth Arnold

Buried at Simpson Cemetery

Parents:  James Nathaniel Puckett and Mary Frances White Puckett

Joined Union Ridge Baptist Church at Rover in 1906

Children:

Clyde Russell Puckett

Charles Arnold Puckett

James Nat Puckett

Robert Earl Puckett(died in infancy)

Brothers:

Will Puckett

Lewis Puckett

Jesse Puckett

Fred Puckett

Harry Puckett

Sisters:

Mary Frances Puckett Manire(Mrs. D. L. Manier)

Alice Julia Puckett Cothran (Mrs. Ben Cawthon)

Malinda Jane "Mittie" Puckett Cothran(Mrs. Mace Cawthon)

Sources:

Baptist and Reflector, February 6, 1930,

p 13. col 3; image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/baptist-and-reflector-obituary-for-charl/205266010/ : accessed September 4, 2026), clip page for Obituary for CHARLES C. PUCKETT, 1876-1929.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143336466/charles_caswell-puckett: accessed 4 Sep 2026), memorial page for Charles Caswell Puckett (10 Nov 1876–9 Nov 1929), Memorial ID 143336466, citing Simpson Cemetery, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA.

U.S. Special Census Find part 2

In one of my previous posts I wrote about finding Milly Riddle's Granddaughter in the Ancestry Database U.S. Special Census on Deaf Family Marriages and Hearing Relatives, 1888-1895.   I've been in the process of "digesting" all the information.


I did a search via Google for Platteville Wisconsin, the location Jas. A. Bassett mentioned and included the word deaf school.  That search returned a link to a book available for free via Google Books ---American Annals of the Deaf: Volume 65 which contains some information about a school for the deaf located in Platteville, Wisconsin.  I'm intrigued by the title and VOLUME 65.  That's a lot of information for anyone with deaf cousins ancestors etc.  Need to also check all the other locations mentioned.

Having found that much info on the Hitchcock/Jones line I couldn't resist searching within the same database for the surname Hitchcock   BINGO!!

The Amelia(spelled Omelia in most records) Jones and  Catharine Jones Bronson are sisters of Almedia.  So now I also want to go back over all the census records for this family and see if there were notations for those who were deaf.  I'm sure there will be loads more information to process and further leads in the additional special census entries I located.

In Almedia's entry it said that her parents Rebecca Hitchcock and Thomas Jones were first cousins.  I know that Rebecca's mother was Milly Riddle...at least I think I do.  So I want to find out how.  It has to be thru a male Jones marrying a female Riddle or Hitchcock.  There is an Elijah Hitchcock which signs on George and Milly's marriage bond(Roane Co TN).  I believe this Elijah Hitchcock is the same one that shows up in White Co TN census records after George and Milly are in Warren Co TN(a neighboring county) which may just have been down the road depending on what portion of White Co in which the other family lived.

I could also search for the area within the database and maybe get some hints about others in the area who were also deaf.  Lots of great ideas and a lesson to always check out images. It will also be interesting to compare the sisters responses to see if the information they give is the same.