Greenfield, Weakley Co. Tennessee--July 1886

In a blog post from August 10th I mentioned Tennessee Delayed Birth Records and the county court orders in the supporting evidence section of those records. If you are researching people who were born between 1880 and 1900 the birthplace information can be very insightful. Given the 20 year census gap caused by the loss of the 1890 census this information really helps when you don't find your folks in their usual location. I was looking at the children of Richard Nance King and his 1st wife, Parrie Elizabeth Cook. Richard is the younger brother of my great grandmother Jane Bell King Cook and Parrie is the niece of my great grandfather William Green Cook(Jane's husband).  I am using the MyTreeTags™ tool in my tree at Ancestry to note that there is a double relationship with their descendants.

In finding the TN Delayed Birth Record for their son, Joseph Knox King, I discovered that the family, or at least Parrie was in Greenfield, Weakley Co TN at the time of Joseph's birth(11 July 1886.)  His maternal Aunt Ella Cook Martin gave a statement that she knew when he was born.  She was 15 at the time of his birth.  His delayed birth record also lists the Cook Family Bible as supporting evidence.  I wish it would have mentioned who had possession of the bible at that time(Aug of 1942) and which Cook bible.

It's somewhat amusing that the instructions along the side say to "Use Typewriter or write plainly with unfading ink" but doesn't mention not to use fading ink for typing. 😃

A Visual Representation of my Pedigree Using Puzzilla

I hadn't used Puzzilla in awhile and someone had mentioned it in a group I'm in so I thought I would check it out again.  The site works in conjunction with FamilySearch  and I used it to get a visual representation of where my tree needs work.  They offer premium services but I just use the free basic service. I did have to make some corrections as the FS One Tree did not have some lines and had others that were errors.  For this chart I focused on the 2nd & 3rd Greats in my tree and most of those have birth years between 1750 and early 1800s.  I did a screen capture and used editing software to identify the areas where I need more research.  I was aware of these areas but it is nice to see them represented in a single image file.   

Cook:  YDNA tested to the Y700 level Most closely match descendants of Shem Cook out of Granville Co NC who descend thru his son James.  We could also match the other sons I just have not seen tests from descendants of them and there is no easy way to find out if someone with a line of descent from them has tested unless they are using WikiTree and marking it there.

Pittman:  YDNA tested to the Y700 level Within the project we are Group B Pittmans which are sort into the East Coast USA and Essex Co, UK Group

Curvin:   I'm not sure if anyone has attempted much research on as it's a female line from SC prior to TN and some folks just find that scary.  I did see some among my atDNA matches at Ancestry so there might be some opportunities there.

Hale:  I really need to work on this line.  I think maybe one of my cousins who is a direct male has tested at 23&me and I might be able to do a little comparison with those in the Hale YDNA project.  There is much family lore on this side but this is the group that hid from the census taker during the reconstruction years.

Everett Montgomery Hamer Obit ( abt 1865-1928)

This information comes from the obituary of Everett Montgomery Hamer, son of Leander S Hamer & his 2nd wife Susan Watson.  He is a brother of the Harris Hamer whose obituary was the subject of my previous post. Some notes Adeline is listed as Adele with her town of residence as Allison rather than Allisona.  This obituary gives the correct relationship of Everett Hamer and Mary Page.  Everett's information on his death certificate was given by his J. D. Hamer(Everett's son.) When asked for the name of the mother he gave his own mother's name rather than his father's mother's name. That error is not terribly uncommon.  It's also worth noting that both Ancestry and FamilySearch have E. M. Hamer's Death Certificate record incorrectly indexed as HARNER. The obituary doesn't mention the name of the cemetery where he is buried however I found him listed along with several other family members at Nolensville Cemetery.

E. M. Hamer
Age 63
Born abt 1865
Died: 14 May 1928
Funeral Location:  Nolensville Methodist Church
Officiated by: Rev C. R. Wade & Rev Elvin L Burnett
Funeral Date:  16 May 1928 2 pm
Graveside service: Council No. 213 Junior Order of United American Mechanics

Survivors:
Wife:  Mary Page Hamer
Sons:  
H. H. Hamer(Nashville, TN)
John D. Hamer(Wrenco, TN)
Sisters:
Mrs. Adele Watson(Allison, TN)
Amanda Hamer(Nashville, TN)
Kate Hamer(Nashville, TN)

Brothers:
J. B. Hamer(Nashville, TN)
A. J. Hamer(Smyrna, TN)
H. Hamer(Nashville, TN)

Pallbearers:
Honorary--J. B.Mitchell, C. S. Edmondson, W. L. Fly J. A. Lane, Oscar Lane, W. O. Edmondson, Johnny Holt, T. O. Bearman and Isaac Young
Active--J. W. McMahon, W. W. Smith, M. L. Walters, R. L. Mitchell, E. W. Bess and O. A. Turbeville

Sources: 

“E. M. Hamer Well-Known Resident of Nolensville Section.,” Nashville Banner, 15 May 1928, p. 17, col. 2; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 10 Oct 2022).

"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D492-G6?i=539 : 15 October 2018), 004183605 > image 540 of 2524,  State of Tennessee Certificate of  Death- Everet Montgomery Hamer Certificate #13030; Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11082638/e-m-hamer: accessed 11 October 2022), memorial page for E M Hamer (1864–1928), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11082638, citing Nolensville Cemetery, Nolensville, Williamson County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Theresa/Thunderbird584 (contributor 47100429) .

Harris Hamer Obituary(Abt 1847-1934)

This information below comes from the obituary of Harris Hamer, son of Leander S Hamer & his 1st wife Mary Barnes. He is the 1st cousin of the Hamer sisters who married into the Cook family. Harriet G Hamer was James P Cook's 2nd wife(he married 3 times) and Mary S Hamer was Jefferson Gideon Cook's 1st wife(mother of Robert Cook.) Harriet & Mary were daughters of Reece P Hamer, brother of Leander. Reece and Leander were sons of Harris Hamer & Mary Brown. Yes, that means it's highly likely that the subject of this obituary was named after his paternal grandfather.

Harris Hamer
Age 87

Born abt 1847
Died Tuesday, 23 Jan 1934
Funeral at Nolensville Methodist Church
Burial: Mt Olivet Cemetery

Wife had died in 1916.(actually 1914 see Source Mary Redman Hamer Death Cert. below)
After which time he came to live with daughter, Mrs. Dan Jones

Survivors:
Children:
Mrs. Dan Jones(Franklin, TN)
Homer Hamer

Sisters:
Mrs. Addie Watson(Allisona, TN)
Amanda Hamer(Nashville, TN)
Kate Hamer(Nashville, TN)

Brothers:
John Hamer(Nashville, TN)
Jim Hamer(Smyrna, TN)

Eleven Grandchildren

Sources:  
“Harris Hamer,” Nashville Banner, 24 Jan 1934, p. 9, col. 7; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 10 Oct 2022).

"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-CKXP : 10 March 2021), James P Cook and Harriet G Hamer, 12 Oct 1865; citing Williamson Co. Tennessee Marriage Records, 1800-1866, Vol 1-5, p. 539(image 783 of 807), Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 455557.

"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G93F-MSZF?i=45 : 22 December 2016), Jefferson G Cook and Mary S Hamer, 9 Sep 1866; citing Williamson Co. TN, Marriage Records,  1865-1878, Vol 6-8,  p. 57(image 46 of 975); citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 235948.

"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DYH3-YM?cc=1417505&wc=34DX-YWL%3A1580549301 : 11 October 2018), 004183028 > image 1505 of 2284(Certificate of Mary Redman Hamer); Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

Robert James Norman--Bedford Co TN to Washington Co. AR--Obit

Robert James Norman

Born:  18 Jul 1845 Bedford County Tennessee
Died:  Sat. 21 Jun 1930 Springdale Arkansas
Burial: Sun 22 Jun 1930 Elm Springs
Funeral at Elm Springs Methodist Church
Additional Graveside services by Masonic Lodge of Elm Springs
At age 5(abt 1850) his family moved to Washington Co AR
Married 1st 1871 to Mary Truitt(d. 1874)
Married 2nd 14 Jun 1876 to Scythia Aaron(d. 9 Dec 1914)
Predeceased by infant daughter from 1st marriage
Survived by son Reuben Norman from 1st marriage and daughter Mrs. Nora Sharp from 2nd marriage.

Source:  "Funeral for Norman Held at Elm Springs," Southwest American, Fort Smith, 24 Jun 1930, pg 4, col 4; digital images, Fort Smith Library(http://fortsmithlibrary.advantage-preservation.com: accessed 4 Oct 2022.)

Did Plans Fall Through?

One of the items I found the other night while reviewing search results at Newspapers.com was an announcement in the local social news of the Iola Register concerning  George Solifelt and Tennie.  Her name is listed incorrectly as Jennie.  Still not yet able to prove the uncle / niece relationship but feel confident that this mention is the George & Tennie I've been researching.

This was during a time period for which I didn't have much information for George and Tennie other than a deed from them to Arthur T Cundy Lot 6 Harmons Sub-division an Add to Iola $1020(deed transfer from the Iola Register) Did they not go?  If they did, they were back in Iola by the time of the 1930 Census.  What happened?  They lived at 616 N 1st at the time of the 1920 Census.  Tennie is not listed in the 1929 City Directories of Iola but George is listed with a residence of 711 S. Jefferson Ave.  I wasn't able to find an Iola directory for 1928. A search for Fort Dodge or Ford County directories for the years in question didn't turn up any online.  Need to contact the library for that area to see if any directories for those years exist.  So now I'm wondering what was going on in Fort Dodge that made them want to move there about 1927.

Sources:

 “Locals,” The Iola Register, 6 Oct 1927, p. 3, col. 2; digital images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 24 Sep 2022).

Polk's Iola(Kansas) City Directory 1929, R.L. Polk & Co Publishers Kansas City, MO; imaged in "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995," database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2469/ : accessed 26 Sep 2022), Kansas > Iola > 1929 > Polk´s Iola City Directory, 1929.