Descendants of Charles Lockhart and Jane Lufsey/Lifsey
Generation No. 1
1. CHARLES6 LOCKHART (JOHN5, LEMUEL4,
JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1)
(Source: Family records compiled by Anna Gordon D. Dean, Family Bible,
Land Records, Cemetery Records.) was born July 15, 1796 in Virginia,
and died 1856 in Marshall Co, Mississippi. He married (1) 
JANE
LUFSEY/LIFSEY (Source: Family records compiled by Anna Gordon Davis
Dean.) Abt. 1817, daughter of JOHN LIFSEY and HOLLON ALLEN. She was
born July 27, 1795, and died September 02, 1832 in Anson County, North
Carolina. He married (2) EMELINE BAILEY (Source: World Family Tree Vol
4, Pedigree 0139, Michael E. Caviness - submitter.) January 23, 1834 in
Anson County, NC, daughter of WILLIAM BAILEY and JANE PATTERSON. She was
born November 27, 1813 in Anson County, North Carolina, and died February
14, 1846 in Marshall Co, Mississippi.
RIGHT: Crest for Luflsey/Lifsey taken from
web site:
Livesay
Historical Society Homepage
Notes for CHARLES LOCKHART: Information in "Cemeteries of Marshall County, Mississippi" published by Old Timer Press of Ripley MS in June 1983: Location: near Taska between Mt. Pleasant and Red Banks.
Note: Family Bible records indicate the following are buried in this
cemetery:
Charles Lockhart, born in Virginia, July 15, 1796, died at 52 years
Emeline Bailey Lockhart, Nov. 17, 1813-Feb. 14, 1846, born in North
Carolina.
Children of CHARLES LOCKHART and JANE LUFSEY/LIFSEY are:
2. i. ALONZA D.7 LOCKHART, b. October 28, 1818, Anson County, North Carolina; d. January 17, 1898, Union County, Arkansas.
ii. A. F. LOCKHART, b. October 30, 1820, Anson County, North Carolina; d. August 29, 1822, Anson County, North Carolina.
iii. THADDEUS LOCKHART, b. January 27, 1822, Anson County, North Carolina; d. October 07, 1822, Anson County, North Carolina.
3. iv. JANE ANGELINA LOCKHART, b. August 01, 1825, Anson County, North Carolina; d. October 22, 1847, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
4. v. FRANCES M. LOCKHART, b. October 23, 1828, Anson County, North Carolina; d. Bef. 1917.
5. vi. EMILY HOLLAND LOCKHART, b. October 23, 1828, Anson County, North Carolina; d. 1896, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
vii. ELIZABETH A. LOCKHART, b. December 18, 1829, Anson County, North Carolina; d. Bef. 1851; m. JAMES M. HAWK (Source: Court Report 1917, Court House Monticello, Arkansas -- Division of Property.), December 30, 1849, Marshall Co, Mississippi; b. May 28, 1820, Georgia; d. June 05, 1894, Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co., Arkansas.
Notes for JAMES M. HAWK:
James M. Hawk married first Elizabeth Lockhart. She died childless shortly after, and he married second, her sister, Martha C. Lockhart.
6. viii. PERMELIA LOCKHART, b. December 27, 1830, Anson County, North Carolina; d. 1892, Gravelly Hill, Yell County, Arkansas.7. ix. MARTHA C. LOCKHART, b. April 27, 1831, Anson County, North Carolina; d. Abt. 1910, Holly Springs, Dallas Co., Arkansas.
Children of CHARLES LOCKHART and EMELINE BAILEY are:
Notes for ADAM LOCKHART:
Monticello, Ark., February 6, 1917
T. J. LOCKHART, ET AL., vs A. D. BREEDLOVE, ET AL
The above case in the Chancery Court of this county terminated in a decree for the plaintiffs. The Court found that Adam Lockhart died Mch. 4, 1890, seized and possessed of the N 1-2 of Sec. 3, N 1-2 of SW 1-4 of Sec. 3, E 1-2 of NE 1-3 Sec 4, Twp. 11 S., Rge. 5. W., Drew County, and BK 1-3 of SE 1-14 of Sec. 33, Twp. 10 S., Rge. 5.W., Lincoln County, ARk.; that the said Adam Lockhart died intestate, without issue, and without living ancestors, but left a widow, who afterwards married E. C. Grisham; that said widow died in 1915; that the plaintiffs were the sole and only heirs at law of the said Adam Lockhart, deceased, and were the owners in fee of the hereinbefore desribed lands; that said lands were so situated that a partition in kind would not be made without prejudice to the owners. The Court ordered the lands sold and the proceeds, after payment of expenses, costs, and fees, divided in accordance with the table of heirship herein-after set forth.
On January 5, 1917, a sale was had at the courthouse door in the city of Monticello. A large number of people attended the sale and there were six active bidders. First, the land was offered in separate tracts. In this way it brought $1965. Next, it ws offered as a whole and in this way it brought $3005.00, for which amount it was struck off and sold to the Dermott Land & Lumber Company. The deed was approved today. Herewith find statement of account:
RECEIPTS Rent 1916Arthur Graves $ 3.00
J. J. Edwards 15.00
Ben Breedlove 10.00
Morris Peacock 8.00
H. H. Whitlock 40.00
Total rents collected by us $76.00
Check Dermott L. & L. Co. 3005.00
Total Recipts $3081.00
DISBURSEMENTS Costs of Case
Clerk $ 14.00Sheriff 7.50
Printer 10.00
Guardian Ad Litem 10.00
Attorney Ad Litem 10.00
?????????? 60.00
Total costs of case $111.50 $ 111.50 Check to T. Naugher (Mr. Naugher paid the taxes for 1915 and rented part of the land in 1916. This check is amount taxes exceeded his rent) 8.62
Taxes for 1916 27.90 Expenses L.C. Edwards and Mrs. T.J. Lockhark incurred for the benefit of all heirs as per itemizied account allowed by court 100.20
Fee Henry & Harris, Attys. 450.75
Checks to various heirs as per statement 1931.28
Total disbursements $3081.00 $3081.00 Table of Heirship Interest Check Amt.1. Thomas J. Lockhart, brother 1-10 $193.12
2. Mrs. Emeline Edwards, sister 1-10 $193.12
3. Mrs. Sophronia Ballard, sister 1-10 $193.12
4. Mrs. Annie Ray, sister 1-10 $193.12
5. Alona D. Lockhart, deceased
half-brother
His children
C.H. Lockhart 1-70 $ 27.59
Mrs. N.J. White 1-70 $ 27.59
Mrs. D.A. Sturdivant 1-70 $ 27.59
Mrs. Mollie Nabors 1-70 $ 27.59
Mrs. Lula Nelson 1-70 $ 27.59
O.E. Lockhart,-deceased son of
A.D.L.
..E.H. Lockhart 1-70 $ 27.50
Mrs. Arominta Smith, deceased
dtr. of A.D.L. (her children):
..Chas.E. Smith 1-560 $ 3.45
..A.W. Smith 1-560 $ 3.45
..E.E. Smith 1-560 $ 3.45
..L.L. Smith 1-560 $ 3.45
..L.A. Smith 1-560 $ 3.45
..Mrs. Verna Carmichael 1-560 $ 3.45
..Mrs. Madie Ussery 1-560 $ 3.45
..Mrs. Annie Hughes, deceased
dtr. of Mrs.A.S. (her children):
...Ethel Hughes 1-1120 $ 1.72
...Ruth Hughes 1-1120 $ 1.72
6. Mrs. Martha Hawk*, deceased half-sister
..(her children)
C.H. Hawk 1-30 $ 64.37
Mrs. Fannie Hellums, deceased
dtr. of Mrs. M.H. (her children)
...Virgil Hellums 1-120 $ 16.10
...Jep Hellums 1-120 $ 16.10
...Clifton Hellums 1-120 $ 16.10
...Shields Hellums 1-120 $ 16.10
James Hawk, deceased son of
Mrs. M.H. (his children)
...Mrs. J.B. Search 1-90 $ 21.46
...Beauford Hawk 1-90 $ 21.46
...Claud Hawk 1-90 $ 21.46
7. Mrs. Mary Davis, deceased sister
..(her children)
...Fletcher Davis 1-80 $ 24.14
...F.M. Davis 1-80 $ 24.14
...C.D. Davis 1-80 $ 24.14
...Mrs. Emily Davis Roper 1-80 $ 24.14
...Mrs. Lizzie Davis Harris 1-80 $ 24.14
...Lum Davis, deceased son of
Mrs. M.D. (his children)
... M.A. Davis 1-400 $ 4.83
... Mrs. Douglass Phillips 1-400 $ 4.83
... Mrs. Maud Williams 1-400 $ 4.83
... Mrs. May Earnest 1-400 $ 4.83
... Mrs. Gertrude Chandler
deceased dtr of L.D. (her children)
... All Minors/Fagan McClerkin, Next Friend
Elroy Chandler 1-1600 $ 1.21
Andrew Chandler 1-1600 $ 1.21
Columbus Chandler1-1600 $ 1.21
Frank Chandler 1-1600 $ 1.21
...Mrs. Maggie Davis Dean, deceased
dtr of Mrs. M.D. (her children)
Henry Deane 1-160 $ 12.07
Mrs. Mamie
Deane Parish 1-160 $ 12.07
...Mrs. Texie Davis Roper, deceased
dtr. of Mrs. M.D. (her children)
Percy Roper 1-160 $ 12.07
Lillian Roper 1-160 $ 12.07
8. Mrs. Emily Gardener, deceased half sister
her children:
...J.T. Gardner 1-50 $ 38.62
...W.T. Gardner 1-50 $ 38.62
...Mrs. Sue Gardner Ballard 1-50 $ 38.62
...Mrs. Amelia Gardner Smith 1-50 $ 38.62
...Len Gardner,deceased son of
Mrs. E.G. (his children)
... W.O. Gardner 1-200 $ 9.65
... Frank Gardner 1-200 $ 9.65
... Mrs. Lilyan Gardner
Parker 1-200 $ 9.65
... Willybelle Gardner 1-200 $ 9.65
9. Mrs. Permelia Morgan, deceased half sister
her children:
...Dora Erwin, deceased dtr of Mrs. P.M.
(her children)
... Eva Reynolds 1-160 $ 12.07
... Will Erwin 1-160 $ 12.07
... O'Donnell Erwin 1-160 $ 12.07
... Claude Erwin 1-160 $ 12.07
...Mrs. Dorcas Morgan Dishong,
deceased dtr. of Mrs. P.M.
(her children)
... Lewis Dishon 1-80 $ 24.14
... Levy McNeely, deceased daughter of Mrs.
D.M.D. (her children)
Minors: W.J.McNeely Father and
Next Friend:
J.E. McNeely 1-160 $ 12.07
Dorcas McNeely 1-160 $ 12.07
...Ed Morgan, deceased son of Mrs.
P.M. (his children)
... Mrs. Eula Biggs 1-120 $ 16.10
... Mrs. Jodia Biggs 1-120 $ 16.10
... Lessie Morgan 1-120 $ 16.10
...Mollie Erwin, deceased dtr. of Mrs.
P.M. (her children)
Mrs. Wilmar
Thompson 1-80 $ 24.14
Mrs. Ida
Stringfellow 1-80 $ 24.14
10. Mrs. Frances Graves, deceased half sister
(her children)
...Jack Graves 1-40 $48.28
...T.J. Graves, deceased son of Mrs.
F.G. (his children)
... John Graves 1-120 $ 16.10
... Joe Graves 1-120 $ 16.10
... Arthur Graves 1-120 $ 16.10
...B.C. Graves, deceased son of Mrs.
F.G. (his children)
... Everette Graves 1-120 $ 16.10
... Carl Graves 1-120 $ 16.10
... May Lawler 1-120 $ 16.10
...Pierce Graves, deceased son of Mrs.
F.G. (his children)
... Effie Graves 1-160 $ 12.07
... Lula Summerall 1-160 $ 12.07
... George Graves 1-160 $ 12.07
... Alma Graves Curry 1-160 $ 12.07
Total $ 1931.28
We here with enclose your check in settlement of your interest according to the above statement. Thanking you for the business and trusting that this is entirely clear and satisfactory, we are,
Yours very truly,
Henry & Harris Attorneys
Approved: Geo. W. Silvertooth, Atty.
*(note Mrs. Lynda Suffridge 3801 Casraway Ct., North Little Rock, AR 72116; (510) 771-1012; fax (510) 771-0231; e-mail LSuffri493@aol.com is a descendant of the Hawk family. We met her at the Arkansas History Commission Nov. 8, 1997)
8. xi. MARY ADELIA LOCKHART, b. October 04, 1836, Anson County, North Carolina; d. July 14, 1902, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
xii. WILLIAM B. LOCKHART, b. July 12, 1838, Marshall Co, Mississippi; m. MARTHA ?.
9. xiii. THOMAS J. LOCKHART, b. December 03, 1840, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. Abt. 1917, Memphis, Tennessee.
10. xiv. EMMALINE LOCKHART, b. February 17, 1843, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
xv. SARAH ANN LOCKHART, b. January 25, 1844, Marshall Co, Mississippi; m. UNKNOWN RAY.
Notes for SARAH ANN LOCKHART:
Sarah Ann Lockhart married a Dr. Ray (given name unknown) and "went West to Live". She was known to be living in 1917. Nothing further is known.
11. xvi. SOPHRONIA M. LOCKHART, b. January 22, 1846, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. Abt. 1920, Marshall Co, Mississippi.Generation No. 2
2. ALONZA D.7 LOCKHART (CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) (Source: Family Bible Records, Personal Knowledge.) was born October 28, 1818 in Anson County, North Carolina, and died January 17, 1898 in Union County, Arkansas. He married SYDNEY DOUGLASS RHODES (Source: Family Bible Records, Personal Knowledge.) December 27, 1842 in Marshall Co, Mississippi, daughter of HENRY RHODES and NANCY DOUGLASS. She was born January 17, 1824 in Jackson County, Alabama, and died November 21, 1908 in Union County, Arkansas.
Notes for ALONZA D. LOCKHART:
Carolyn Jones Taylor gives this information about Alonza Lockhart: "Private A. D. Lockhart, Home Guard, Wilmington Township, Tue. July 23, 1861; in from Union County Court Records, Book 'E', (1853-1866)'
From the Lockhart Family Bible originally owned by Isadora Annett Lockhart, and before that to Siddie Rhodes Lockhart and her husband Alonza D. Lockhart: "Civil War Record from Arkansas History Commission, Litle Rock, Ark., : A.D. Lockhart was in Capt. Holloways Company, Col. Crockett's regiment. Arkansas Calvary (sic) 1863 to 1864. After his death his widow drew a pension No. 4844, which was approved August 21st, 1902."
This information, plus the recorded births, marriages and deaths, were copied by Clair Moore (Clara Belle Sturdivant) for Anna Gordon Davis Dean in the early 1960s.
Notes for SYDNEY DOUGLASS RHODES:
Clipping from the El Dorado Times: "Old Lady Dead -- Mrs. Siddye Lockhart passed to her reward last Saturday at the ripe old age of 84 years. She was one of the pioneers of Union County (Arkansas), having moved hre before the War....
She was the mother of our townsman, C. H. Lockhart, also of Mrs. J. W. White, of Dilolo, Ark., of Mrs. Elisha Nabors of Wilmington, Mrs. Patrick Sturdivant of Lawson, and Mrs. J. H. Nelson of Strong. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Nelson, with whom she had lived for years. Her remains were buried in the Rhodes Chapel Cemetery, near Lawson, Sunday at 10 a.m., in the presence of a large number of sorrowing relatives and friends." Note by Anna Gordon Dean: "This was evidently written by the editor, George W. Mason, who ws a friend of Papa's. /s/ Tot"
Children of ALONZA LOCKHART and SYDNEY RHODES are:
12. i. NANCY JANE8 LOCKHART, b. September 20, 1843, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. October 20, 1917, Union County, Arkansas.
13. ii. OCTAVIOUS E. LOCKHART, b. February 08, 1845, Union County, Arkansas; d. April 12, 1897, Union County, Arkansas.
14. iii. CHARLES HENRY LOCKHART, b. July 02, 1847, Union County, Arkansas; d. August 30, 1922, Memphis Tennessee.
15. iv. ARAMINTA OPHELIA LOCKHART, b. April 08, 1851, Union County, Arkansas; d. February 05, 1904, Union County, Arkansas.
16. v. ISADORA ANNETTE LOCKHART, b. January 16, 1854, Union County, Arkansas; d. December 10, 1939, Union County, Arkansas.
vi. EDWIN RHODES LOCKHART, b. July 23, 1857, Union County, Arkansas; d. July 24, 1857, Union County, Arkansas.
vii. ADA ANN LOCKHART, b. August 07, 1858, Union County, Arkansas; d. August 16, 1858, Union County, Arkansas.
17. viii. MARY SYDNEY (MOLLIE) LOCKHART, b. February 10, 1860, Union County, Arkansas; d. January 17, 1952, Union County, Arkansas.
ix. LULA FRANCES LOCKHART, b. September 03, 1865, Union County, Arkansas; d. February 03, 1952; m. JOHN NELSON.
3. JANE ANGELINA7 LOCKHART (CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born August 01, 1825 in Anson County, North Carolina, and died October 22, 1847 in Marshall Co, Mississippi. She married JAMES BOSWELL (Source: Bible Record, Boswell Family Bible; Tombstone Records Boswell Graveyard, Marshall County, Mississippi.) April 27, 1843 in Marshall Co, Mississippi. He was born December 10, 1809, and died November 08, 1878.
Children of JANE LOCKHART and JAMES BOSWELL are:
i. CHARLES D.8 BOSWELL, b. February 09, 1844, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. June 25, 1844, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
ii. MARY E. BOSWELL, b. May 10, 1845, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. September 08, 1852, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
4. FRANCES M.7 LOCKHART (CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born October 23, 1828 in Anson County, North Carolina, and died Bef. 1917. She married JOHN O. GRAVES December 31, 1846 in Marshall Co, Mississippi.
Notes for FRANCES M. LOCKHART: Jan Dunham, Sugar Land TX, lists children of Frances: Jack, T.J., John, Joe, and Arthur.
Children of FRANCES LOCKHART and JOHN GRAVES are:18. i. T. C. JACK8 GRAVES, b. Unknown.
19. ii. B. C. GRAVES, b. Unknown.
20. iii. PIERCE GRAVES, b. Unknown.
Children of EMILY LOCKHART and JACKSON GARDNER are:
i. ELIZABETH8 GARDNER, b. July 26, 1847, Marshall County, Mississippi; d. June 17, 1869, Marshall County, Mississippi.
ii. JAMES T. GARDNER, b. December 15, 1848, Marshall County, Mississippi.
iii. HARRIS GARDNER, b. November 11, 1850; d. September 08, 1851, Marshall County, Mississippi.
iv. SUSAN GARDNER, b. March 20, 1852, Marshall County, Mississippi; m. BALLARD.
21. v. ALONZA GARDNER, b. November 29, 1853, Marshall County, Mississippi; d. February 02, 1891, Marshall County, Mississippi.
22. vi. WILLIAM THADEUS GARDNER, b. May 28, 1855.
vii. PERMELIA GARDNER, b. April 22, 1858, Marshall County, Mississippi; m. H. SMITH.
Notes for JOSEPH SMITH MORGAN: Joseph S. Morgan and wife, Permelia Lockhart, were living in Drew County, Arkansas in 1859 with their family.
Children of PERMELIA LOCKHART and JOSEPH MORGAN are:
i. MARTHA E.8 MORGAN, b. 1850, Marshall County, Mississippi.
23. ii. MARY SUSAN "MOLLIE" MORGAN, b. May 02, 1853, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. July 09, 1892, Gravelly Hill, Yell County, Arkansas.
24. iii. ISADORA "DORA" MORGAN, b. July 24, 1854, Marshall County, Mississippi; d. November 27, 1896, Drew County or Yell County, Arkansas.
iv. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MORGAN, b. 1856, Mississippi.
25. v. DORCAS. E. MORGAN, b. 1860, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. Bef. 1917.
vi. JOSEPH S. MORGAN JR., b. 1863.
26. vii. THOMAS "ED" MORGAN, b. December 13, 1863, Arkansas; d. July 06, 1911.
viii. ROBERT P. MORGAN, b. 1867, Arkansas.
7. MARTHA C.7 LOCKHART (CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born April 27, 1831 in Anson County, North Carolina, and died Abt. 1910 in Holly Springs, Dallas Co., Arkansas. She married JAMES M. HAWK (Source: Court Report 1917, Court House Monticello, Arkansas -- Division of Property.) March 26, 1851. He was born May 28, 1820 in Georgia, and died June 05, 1894 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co., Arkansas.
Notes for JAMES M. HAWK:
James M. Hawk married first Elizabeth Lockhart. She died childless shortly after, and he married second, her sister, Martha C. Lockhart.
Children of MARTHA LOCKHART and JAMES HAWK are:
27. i. JAMES A.8 HAWK, b. 1858, Wiseville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana; d. June 02, 1895, Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co., Arkansas.
ii. CHARLIE H. HAWK, b. Unknown.
28. iii. FANNIE HAWK, b. Unknown.
Notes for FRANCIS MARION DAVIS:
In the 1960s, Mother (Anna Gordon Davis Dean) went to The Farm and copied the grave markers in the family grave yard."Copied from markers on old Lockhart-Davis family grave-yard on Lockhart farm in Marshall County, Mississippi, near Taska.
Mary Lockhart Davis Francis Marion Davis
b. October 1836 b. Aug. 30, 1827
d. July 14, 1902 d. April 26, 1887
Anne Davis Luther Davis Texanna wife of R. L. Roper
July 15, 1855 Born Aug. 9, 1880 Aug. 10, 1868
May 23, 1873 Died Aug. 9, 1880 Dec. 14, 1894
Cora Davis Mary J. and Infant Son Texanna Lee
1876-1877 wife of W. E. Harris (Dau. of R. L.& Texanna Roper)
Born May 6, 1861 Jan. 18, 1893
Died Jan . 18, 1882 Aug. 7, 1884
Francis Marion Davis II served as a private in Company B, lst Battalion, Mississippi States Cavalry, subsequently Company B, Ham's Regiment, Missisippi States Cavalry, Confederate States Army, enlisting at Booneville MS Jan. 2, 1852.
Children of MARY LOCKHART and FRANCIS DAVIS are:
29. i. MARGARET EMELINE8 DAVIS, b. October 23, 1853, Tishomingo County, Mississippi; d. April 15, 1899, Helena, Arkansas.
ii. PERMELIA ANELIZA (ANNE) DAVIS, b. July 15, 1855, Tishomingo County, Mississippi; d. May 23, 1878.
30. iii. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DAVIS, b. March 04, 1857, Tishomingo County, Mississippi; d. March 26, 1912, Muldrow, Oklahoma.
31. iv. FRANCIS MARION DAVIS III, b. October 19, 1859, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. July 06, 1945, Memphis Tennessee.
32. v. MARY JANE DAVIS, b. May 06, 1861, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. January 18, 1882, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
33. vi. EMILY ISABELLA DAVIS, b. January 29, 1863, Booneville, Tishomingo Co., Mississippi; d. November 18, 1941, Memphis Tennessee.
34. vii. ELIZABETH CALDONIA DAVIS, b. February 26, 1866, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. February 21, 1935, Cockrum, Tate Co, Mississippi.
35. viii. TEXANNA VICTORIA DAVIS, b. August 10, 1868, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. December 24, 1894, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
36. ix. CHARLES DUDLEY DAVIS, b. May 17, 1870, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. January 23, 1923, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
37. x. FLETCHER DAVIS, b. February 01, 1874, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. May 08, 1964, Hondo, Texas.
xi. CORRA LEONE DAVIS, b. March 29, 1876, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. October 24, 1877, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
38. xii. TASKA ZULAZE DAVIS, b. March 20, 1878, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. July 11, 1903, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
xiii. LUTHER EUGENE DAVIS, b. August 09, 1880, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. August 18, 1880, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
9. THOMAS J.7 LOCKHART (CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born December 03, 1840 in Marshall Co, Mississippi, and died Abt. 1917 in Memphis, Tennessee. He married MARGARET MORPHIS JACK. She was born 1851 in Marshall County, Mississippi, and died Abt. 1941 in Marshall Co, Mississippi.
Notes for THOMAS J. LOCKHART:
Thomas Jefferson Lockhart served in the Civil War as a 2nd Lieutenant in Company F, 17th Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry.
Notes for MARGARET MORPHIS JACK:
Copied from a letter from Uncle Fletcher Davis.....1941
"Mother died, 11 o'clock Wednesday night. Brownie" The above message in the form of a telegram from a cousin of the editor of this paper (The Hondo Anvil Herald), Mrs. Brownie Stotz, Memphis, Tennessee, datd 7:45 a.m. 1941, brought the news of the passing of the last from among the living of the generation of brothers and sisters to which his parents belonged.
Mrs. Margaret Lockhart was the widow of T. J. Lockhart, a younger brother of our Mother. While this meant no blood kinship, that relationaship could scarcely have added to the deep affection we have had from our childhood for our Aunt Mag. ....
The tenth child of a mother who herself orphaned at nine years of age, we never knew our grandparents. We never knew but one member of the generation to which belonged our grandparents, Charles and Emeline Bailey Lockhart, and Francis Marion and Margaret Douglas Davis....
Furthermore, while Aunt Mag reared to womanhood seven daughters and is mourned by six of these, she lost two boys -- one in infancy and one in young man-hood, so that none are left to bear the Lockhart name, save for a granddaughter of Charles Lockhart (Gordon "Tot" Lockhart), his and his brother's name has faded from the living.
Children of THOMAS LOCKHART and MARGARET JACK are:
39. i. PEARL8 LOCKHART, b. Bef. 1869.
ii. ANNIE LOCKHART, b. Abt. 1869; m. SHINAULT.
Notes for ANNIE LOCKHART:
Mother's notes show that Annie had "several children".
40. iii. RUBY LOCKHART, b. Aft. 1869.
iv. HOWARD LOCKHART, b. January 27, 1877, Mt. Pleasant, Mississippi; d. December 15, 1895, Mt. Pleasant, Mississippi.
v. BROWNIE LOCKHART, b. 1882; m. PAUL STOTTS.
41. vi. CORAL LOCKHART, b. Aft. 1882.
42. vii. NELL LOCKHART, b. Aft. 1882.
43. viii. GRACE LOCKHART, b. Aft. 1883; d. 1984.
10. EMMALINE7 LOCKHART (CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) (Source: Family Bible Records.) was born February 17, 1843 in Marshall Co, Mississippi. She married JOSEPH ALEX EDWARDS December 23, 1857 in Marshall Co, Mississippi. He was born August 15, 1838, and died January 06, 1907 in Marshall Co, Mississippi.
Children of EMMALINE LOCKHART and JOSEPH EDWARDS are:
44. i. T. ELLA8 EDWARDS, b. June 26, 1859, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. December 24, 1933, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
45. ii. FANNIE EMELINE EDWARDS, b. July 18, 1864, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. September 10, 1937, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
46. iii. LONNIE EDWARDS, b. March 24, 1872.
47. iv. JESSIE ALEX EDWARDS, b. September 16, 1878; d. 1926, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
48. v. FANT EDWARDS, b. February 08, 1884, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. July 02, 1922, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
49. vi. CLEMMIE/EMMIE EDWARDS, b. Unknown, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. Marshall Co, Mississippi.
50. vii. MINNIE EDWARDS, b. Unknown, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
11. SOPHRONIA M.7 LOCKHART (CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born January 22, 1846 in Marshall Co, Mississippi, and died Abt. 1920 in Marshall Co, Mississippi. She married THOMAS A. BALLARD January 22, 1880 in Marshall Co, Mississippi, son of WALTER BALLARD and ELIZA BARNS. He died January 24, 1894 in Mount Pleasant, Mississippi.
Children of SOPHRONIA LOCKHART and THOMAS BALLARD are:i. THOMAS ALVIS8 BALLARD, b. March 03, 1880, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. December 18, 1952, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
ii. BELL BALLARD, b. Abt. 1882, Marshall County, Mississippi; m. ARTHUR SIMPSON.
iii. MARY ETHYL BALLARD, b. December 24, 1885, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. Marshall Co, Mississippi.
Generation No. 3
12. NANCY JANE8 LOCKHART (ALONZA D.7, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born September 20, 1843 in Marshall Co, Mississippi, and died October 20, 1917 in Union County, Arkansas. She married JOHN WHITE. He was born Unknown, and died Unknown. Children of NANCY LOCKHART and JOHN WHITE are:ii. MYRTIE FLORENCE WHITE, b. 1866; m. SEBON PERRY; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
iii. SIDDIE DOUGLASS WHITE, b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. PERRY BOWLING; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
13. OCTAVIOUS E.8 LOCKHART (ALONZA D.7, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born February 08, 1845 in Union County, Arkansas, and died April 12, 1897 in Union County, Arkansas. He married MARTHA VINEY MCHENRY December 13, 1866. She was born 1844 in Alabama, and died Unknown in Union County, Arkansas.
Children of OCTAVIOUS LOCKHART and MARTHA MCHENRY are:i. MINNIE9 LOCKHART, b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. (1) SID HUMPHRIES; b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. (2) JOHN TRULL, March 01, 1902; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
Minnie's 1st husband was J. Sid Humphries, born 1873 in Lawson, Union County, Arkansas and died before July 5, 1900 in El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas.
ii. OSCAR LOCKHART, b. Unknown.iii. BOBBIE LOCKHART, b. Unknown.
iv. DOUGLASS LOCKHART, b. Unknown; m. MYRTIE HUMPHRIES, September 14, 1898; b. Unknown.
Myrtie Humphries was born March 30, 1881 in Lawson, Union County, Arkansas and died December 27, 1966 Lawson, Union County, Arkansas
Note from Larri Jean Jacobs - May 2007: : I've been trying to find info on J.Sid Humphries.......I understand he was killed in El Dorado, but so far, family members cannot tell me what the "J" stands for nor where he is buried. Just thought I'd give you some additional information. Thought maybe you might know where his wife Minnie is buried. Thanks, Larri Jean Jacoby
v. MOLLY LOCKHART, b. Unknown; m. JIM BRYANT, January 16, 1896; b. Unknown.
vi. NONA LOCKHART, b. Unknown; m. DICK BRYANT.
vii. HENRY LOCKHART, b. Unknown; m. LILLIE ALPHIN; b. Unknown.
14. CHARLES HENRY8 LOCKHART (ALONZA D.7, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) (Source: "Lanier" by Louise Ingersoll 1962.) was born July 02, 1847 in Union County, Arkansas, and died August 30, 1922 in Memphis Tennessee. He married CAROLINE STURDIVANT BENNETT (Source: Personal Knowledge, Anna Douglass Lockhart's mother.) February 15, 1872 in Union County, Arkansas, daughter of JOHN BENNETT and MARTHA HAMMOND. She was born July 23, 1843 in Wadesboro, North Carolina, and died December 15, 1915 in Memphis Tennessee.
Notes for CHARLES HENRY LOCKHART:
Carolyn Jones Taylor noted that Charles Henry Lockhart was a Justice of the Peace in Union County, Arkansas.
The Alonza D. Lockhart Family Bible gives Charles' birth year as 1848.
Charles Henry Lockhart and wife, Caroline Sturdivant Bennett are buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis TN.
Charles Lockhart and Caroline Bennett were married at the residence of Mr. W. T. Bradley in Union County, Arkansas on Feb. 15, 1872 by Methodist Episcopal Church South minister D. C. Simebaugh. The record was filed March 26, 1872 in Union Co., Ark.
Notes for CAROLINE STURDIVANT BENNETT:
A clipping from The El Dorado Times, El Dorado, Arkansas, was sent to the family: "In Memoriam Mrs. Caroline Lockhart was born July 28, 1848, in (near) Wadesboro, North Carolina. She came to Arkansas when a young lady, and was married to C. H. Lockhart, Feb. 15, 1872, died with pneumonia at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C.D. Davis, in Memphis, Tennessee, Dec. 17, 1915...."
Children of CHARLES LOCKHART and CAROLINE BENNETT are:i. MARTHA9 LOCKHART (Source: Personal Knowledge.), b. 1873; d. Abt. May 1874.
Notes for MARTHA LOCKHART:
Martha Hammond Lockhart was born in Union County, Arkansas in 1873, the first of five daughters born to Caroline Sturdivant Bennett and Charles Henry Lockhart. She died in infancy.
ii. LOU LELIA LOCKHART (Source: Personal Knowledge, Sister of Anna Douglass Lockhart Davis.), b. December 04, 1875, Union County, Arkansas; d. January 05, 1958, Memphis Tennessee; m. GEORGE LAMAR NEWTON, February 17, 1898, Eldorado, Union County, Arkansas; b. March 03, 1872, Camden, Arkansas; d. December 1955, Memphis Tennessee.
iii. ANNA DOUGLASS LOCKHART (Source: Obituary, Personal Knowledge, Maternal grandmother of compiler - Anne D. Babin.), b. August 22, 1877, Delila, Union Co., Arkansas; d. May 16, 1977, Memphis Tennessee; m. CHARLES DUDLEY DAVIS (Source: Marriage license, death certificates, Wills & Deeds Marshall Co, MS; Obituaries.), October 17, 1900, Eldorado, Union County, Arkansas; b. May 17, 1870, Marshall Co, Mississippi; d. January 23, 1923, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
Notes for ANNA DOUGLASS LOCKHART:
From notes I made about "Mama" when first starting to research family history:
"At age 12, she went to Hillsboro, Ark., to Miss White's Academy for Young Ladies. Only wealthy landowners could educate girls (or boys) after age 12. There were wild animals all over Arkansas: deer and bobcats. No electricity, phones, gasoline or cars. Mama took a steamboat ride down the Ouachita River. Travel on farm by wagon and horse. Cotton went to market by wagon to Memphis, took all day from farm to Memphis, to wagon yards, to rent place for night. Cotton men came and bid on cotton. Plantation owner came by buggy or train. Owner met cotton buyer, bid on cotton, made sale, then empty wagon goes back.
In Arkansas, fire from chimney and smoke attracted wild animals. Panther came, walking on roof. Servant threw straw mattress into fireplace. Blazed up into chimney, frightened panther away."
Anna Gordon Davis was born in 1912, after Mama and my grandfather had been married 12 years. They lived in Memphis at the time Mother was born, but she grew up on the family farm on Taska Road in Marshall County, Mississippi. Eugenia and Carol were born 3 and 8 years later. My grandfather Charles Dudley Davis, their father, died in 1923, when Carol was only 3 years old. Mama took the three little girls and moved over to Slayden, where she taught school and boarded at the school's teachers housing.
Later Mama took the girls to Memphis and lived with Aunt Betty and then Aunt Emily (her sisters-in law) until she got a job teaching in the Memphis City School System. Mayor E. H. Crump had been an Insurance Business associate of my grandfather's in Holly Springs MS, so Mama went to him for help. He was the one who got the teaching position for her. (When I married in 1950, Mr. and Mrs. Crump sent me a beautiful, heavy, sterling silver tray as a wedding gift, since Mr. Crump and Grandfather Dean also had been political friends throughout the years.)
Mama taught Art at Treadwell High School for many years, and then taught the 4th grade. She was invited to continue teaching after she reached age 65, which was an honor bestowed on just a few teachers at that time.
She bought the house at 2265 Central Ave. in the early 30s, when she first started teaching. She carpooled with Miss King, whose twin nieces attended Southwestern at the same time I did.
Mama's Obituary from THE SOUTH REPORTER, Holly Springs MS, Thursday June 2, 1977:
"DAVIS
Services for Mrs. Anna Lockhart Davis, 99, artist, poet and retired Memphis art teacher wee held May 18 at Memphis Funeral Home with burial in Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis.
Mrs. Davis, who was born August 22, 1877, died Monday May 16, at Mid-South Hospital. She was the widow of Charles Dudley Davis of Marshall County and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Lockhart of Union County, Ark.
She was the granddaughter of a pioneer family in Marshall County, her grandparents having moved here from Virginia and North Carolina in 1836. Part of the original land grant in the Taska neighborhood remains the property of the Davis family.
Born and raised in Eldorado, Ark., she moved to Marshall County after her marriage in 1900 and taught in schools in the old Union neighborhood. After the death of her husband in 1923, she taught for a year at the old North Mississippi State Agricultural College at Slayden.
In Memphis she taught art at Treadwell High School for 22 years before her retirement. Mrs. Davis had been living for the past 10 years at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Anna Gordon Davis Dean of Collierville, Tenn.
She was a member of the Collierville United Methodist Church, the National League of American Pen Women, the Poetry Society of Tennessee, Tennessee Federation of Women's Clubs, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Daughters of the American Revolution, the Better Films Council and the Outlook Club.
Mrs. Davis, who was also a member of the old Pallett and Brush Club, one of Memphis' first artists clubs, had her paintings exhibited at Brooks Art Gallery on numerous occasions. She was a member of the Brooks Art League.
Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Eugenia Davis Dowling and Mrs. Carol Davis Gage, both of Memphis; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren."
Notes for CHARLES DUDLEY DAVIS:
Information in "Cemeteries of Marshall County, Mississippi" published by Old Timer Press of Ripley MS in June 1983: Location: near Taska between Mt. Pleasant and Red Banks.
Among a long list of graves are listed:
Charles Davis , May 16, 1870 - Jan. 23, 1923
Francis Marion Davis, Aug. 30, 1827-April 26, 1887 - husband of Mary Davis
Mary Lockhart Davis, Oct 4, 1836 - July 14, 1902
P. Ann E. Davis, July 15, 1855 - May 23, 1878 - dau. of F.M. & Mary Davis
Wilkins - infant son of C. F. and Taska Davis Wilkins, b & d June 11, 1902
Note: Family Bible records indicate the following are buried in this cemetery:
Charles Lockhart, born in Virginia, July 15, 1796, died at 52 years
Emeline Bailey Lockhart, Nov. 17, 1813-Feb. 14, 1846, born in North Carolina.
iv. PEARL HENRY LOCKHART (Source: Personal Knowledge.), b. 1882, Union County, Arkansas; d. 1920, Memphis Tennessee; m. ROY CURRY, 1905, Eldorado, Union County, Arkansas; d. Memphis Tennessee.
Notes for PEARL HENRY LOCKHART:
Pearl died when her son Charles was only four years old. Tot (Gordon Lockhart) raised him.
v. CARRIE GORDON LOCKHART (Source: Personal Knowledge, Sister of Anna Douglass Lockhart Davis, Obituaries.), b. April 30, 1886, Union County, Arkansas; d. October 18, 1968, Memphis Tennessee.
Notes for CARRIE GORDON LOCKHART:
Carrie Gordon Lockhart, "Tot", never married. When her sister Pearl died in 1920, leaving Margaret -age 15- and Charles - age 4-, Tot took them in to raise and care for. Their father Roy Curry remarried some time after Pearl's death, and had a son, Tom Curry.
Gordon Lockhart was a musician, poet, writer and wonderful person. She attended Union Avenue Baptist Church in Memphis. She taught music lessons for many years. She wrote outstanding poetry and was the first Poet Laureate for the Tennessee Federation of Women's Clubs, when she was a member of TFWC The Outlook Club. Her poetry was published internationally. She was the principal founder of The Poetry Society of Tennessee, and was a member of the National League of American Penwomen, Memphis Chapter.
The obituary in the El Dorado (Ark.) Daily News - Thursday, Oct. 24, 1968 reads as follows:
"Miss Gordon Lockhart, daughter of the late Charles H. and Carrie Bennett Lockhart, died Friday at her home, 241 Conlee Place, Memphis, Tenn. She was the cousin of Mrs. F. H. Moore, 533 E. Main St.
She was born in El Dorado, attended El Dorado schools, graduated from Henderson College at Arkadelphia, and attended Conway College at Searcy. She also was a graduate of the Dallas Conservatory of Music and studied at Oklahoma Conservatory of Music. She studied at Mrs. Tobey's School for Music in Memphis and later taught music.
Miss Lockhart was an internationally known poet and was named poet laureate of Tennessee in 1961. She founded the Poetry Society of Tennessee, the National Day of Poetry for Tennessee, and had served as president of the Memphis Branch of the National League of American Pen Women.
Other survivors include a sister, Mrs. Anna Davis, Collierville, Tenn.; a nephew, Charles H. Curry, with whom she made her home, and a number of nieces."
More About CARRIE GORDON LOCKHART:
Nickname: 1890, "TOT"
15. ARAMINTA OPHELIA8 LOCKHART (ALONZA D.7, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born April 08, 1851 in Union County, Arkansas, and died February 05, 1904 in Union County, Arkansas. She married LEE SMITH. He was born Unknown.
Children of ARAMINTA LOCKHART and LEE SMITH are:
i. ANNIE9 SMITH, b. Unknown; m. CLAY HUGHES.
ii. ALONZA (LONNIE) SMITH, b. Unknown; m. PAT MCDANIEL.
iii. CHARLIE SMITH, b. Unknown; m. FRANCES DEDHAM.
iv. EDDIE SMITH, b. Unknown.
v. ARTHUR SMITH, b. Unknown.
vi. MARY (MADIE) SMITH, b. Unknown.
vii. VERNA SMITH, b. Unknown.
viii. LEON SMITH, b. Unknown.
ix. CARL SMITH, b. Unknown.
16. ISADORA ANNETTE8 LOCKHART (ALONZA D.7, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born January 16, 1854 in Union County, Arkansas, and died December 10, 1939 in Union County, Arkansas. She married ALEXANDER 'ALBERT' PATRICK STURDIVANT January 15, 1873 in Union County, Arkansas, son of JOHN STURDIVANT and SARAH HAMMOND. He was born June 16, 1835 in Anson County, North Carolina, and died December 13, 1891 in Union County, Arkansas.
More About ALEXANDER 'ALBERT' PATRICK STURDIVANT:
Died 2: Union County, Arkansas
Children of ISADORA LOCKHART and ALEXANDER STURDIVANT are:
i. ROSA MAY9 STURDIVANT, b. July 30, 1874, Union County, Arkansas; d. October 26, 1949; m. (1) DOVE RALPH PERRY; b. April 20, 1865; d. June 18, 1906; m. (2) WARD.
ii. DOUGLAS GARLAND STURDIVANT, b. May 03, 1876, Union County, Arkansas; d. November 07, 1952; m. PAT MCCLENDON; b. Unknown.
iii. CHARLES ALEX STURDIVANT, b. January 18, 1878, Union County, Arkansas; d. December 25, 1879.
iv. ALBERT PATRICK STURDIVANT JR, b. April 18, 1880, Union County, Arkansas; d. January 26, 1951; m. CAUDIA FERNALD; b. May 28, 1894, Village, Arkansas; d. January 1982, ElDorado, Union County, Arkansas.
v. LULA CARRIE STURDIVANT, b. July 19, 1882, Union County, Arkansas; d. December 19, 1906; m. H. C. PRATT; b. 1880, Union County Arkansas; d. September 07, 1955, ElDorado, Union County, Arkansas.
vi. EULA GLENDORA STURDIVANT, b. July 30, 1885; d. Monroe, Louisiana.
vii. CLARA BELLE STURDIVANT, b. December 29, 1888, Union County, Arkansas; d. January 1981, ElDorado, Union County, Arkansas; m. FRED H. MOORE; b. Unknown.
Notes for CLARA BELLE STURDIVANT:
Mother corresponded with Clara Moore in ElDorado AR in the 1980s. They are cousins. Clara did not have information on Henry W. Rhodes either.
17. MARY SYDNEY (MOLLIE)8 LOCKHART (ALONZA D.7, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born February 10, 1860 in Union County, Arkansas, and died January 17, 1952 in Union County, Arkansas. She married ELIJAH LAMAR NABORS. He was born February 17, 1858, and died December 19, 1919 in Union County Arkansas.
Children of MARY LOCKHART and ELIJAH NABORS are:
i. ESTHER9 NABORS (Source: Personal Visit in 1988 by compiler - Anne D. Babin.), b. December 31, 1893, Union County, Arkansas; d. Union County, Arkansas; m. JESSE L. STEGALL; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
Notes for ESTHER NABORS:
Charlotte and I went to see Esther Nabors Stegall in a Nursing Home in El Dorado, Arkansas in 1988. When we walked into her room we both were struck with the likeness to Anna Douglass Lockhart "Mama" Davis....it was as though they could have been sisters instead of cousins, the Lockhart resemblance was so very strong. She seemed to remember Uncle Charlie (Mama's father) and said he had a store in Eldorado that she remembered going to. She was about 94 at the time, and we didn't stay but just a little while, because it seemed to be hard to get her to concentrate on what we wanted to know....things about the Lockhart family.
ii. HENRY LAMAR NABORS, b. Unknown.
iii. JEWELL NABORS, b. September 01, 1892; d. 1939, ElDorado, Union County, Arkansas.
Notes for JEWELL NABORS:
Jewel Nabors was a Captain of the ElDorado Arkansas Fire Department
iv. HOWARD ROSS NABORS, b. 1895; d. 1967.
Notes for HOWARD ROSS NABORS:
In Mother's family pages notes, she stated that Ross Nabors was a Methodist Minister. Nothing further is known about him at this time.
Patrick Sturdivant McKinney states that Howard Ross Nabors is mentioned in the Rhodes Chapel Methodist Church history papers. (Feb. 1999)
v. LULA NABORS, b. Unknown; m. JOHN NELSON; b. Unknown.
18. T. C. JACK8 GRAVES (FRANCES M.7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born Unknown.
Children of T. C. JACK GRAVES are:
i. JOHN9 GRAVES, b. Unknown.
ii. JOE GRAVES, b. Unknown.
iii. ARTHUR GRAVES, b. Unknown.
19. B. C.8 GRAVES (FRANCES M.7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born Unknown.
Children of B. C. GRAVES are:
i. EVERETTE9 GRAVES, b. Unknown.
ii. CARL GRAVES, b. Unknown.
iii. MAY GRAVES, b. Unknown.
20. PIERCE8 GRAVES (FRANCES M.7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born Unknown.
Children of PIERCE GRAVES are:
i. EFFIE9 GRAVES, b. Unknown.
ii. LULA GRAVES, b. Unknown.
iii. GEORGE GRAVES, b. Unknown.
iv. ALMA GRAVES, b. Unknown.
21. ALONZA8 GARDNER (EMILY HOLLAND7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born November 29, 1853 in Marshall County, Mississippi, and died February 02, 1891 in Marshall County, Mississippi. He married OLLIE OSTEEN.
Children of ALONZA GARDNER and OLLIE OSTEEN are:
i. W. O.9 GARDNER, b. Unknown.
ii. FRANK GARDNER, b. Unknown.
iii. WILLIE BELLE GARDNER, b. Unknown.
iv. LILLIAN GARDNER, b. Unknown.
22. WILLIAM THADEUS8 GARDNER (EMILY HOLLAND7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born May 28, 1855. He married ALICE COX. She was born 1862, and died 1954.
Children of WILLIAM GARDNER and ALICE COX are:
i. EUGENE9 GARDNER, b. 1884.
ii. WALTER GARDNER, b. Aft. 1884.
iii. OLIVER GARDNER, b. Aft. 1884.
iv. JIMMIE GARDNER, b. Aft. 1884.
v. IDA GARDNER, b. Aft. 1884; m. J. P. JONES.
23. MARY SUSAN "MOLLIE"8 MORGAN (PERMELIA7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born May 02, 1853 in Marshall Co, Mississippi, and died July 09, 1892 in Gravelly Hill, Yell County, Arkansas. She married WILLIAM HACKETT ERWIN December 23, 1869 in Drew County, Arkansas. He was born March 20, 1849 in Marshall County, Mississippi, and died December 12, 1891 in Morrillton, Conway Co., Arkansas.
Children of MARY MORGAN and WILLIAM ERWIN are:
i. WILMAR THOMPSON9 ERWIN, b. Unknown.
ii. IDA MAE IRWIN (Source: Jan Dunham, Sugar Land, Texas 2-2-2002.), b. March 26, 1875, Drew County, Arkansas; d. March 29, 1952, Holdenville, Hughes, Oklahoma; m. JAMES DAVID STRINGFELLOW, September 02, 1894, Gravelly Hill, Yell Co., Arkansas; b. February 19, 1862, Mississippi.
iii. JOSEPH ERWIN, b. Abt. 1873.
24. ISADORA "DORA"8 MORGAN (PERMELIA7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born July 24, 1854 in Marshall County, Mississippi, and died November 27, 1896 in Drew County or Yell County, Arkansas. She married JOHN A. ERWIN JR. December 12, 1871 in Drew County, Arkansas. He was born June 18, 1852 in Holly Springs, Marshall Co., Mississippi, and died June 27, 1937 in Palestine, Anderson Co., Texas.
Children of ISADORA MORGAN and JOHN JR. are:
i. ERA9 ERWIN, b. Unknown.
ii. WILL ERWIN, b. Unknown.
iii. O'DONNELL ERWIN, b. Unknown.
iv. CLAUDE ERWIN, b. Unknown.
25. DORCAS. E.8 MORGAN (PERMELIA7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born 1860 in Marshall Co, Mississippi, and died Bef. 1917. She married DISHONG.
Notes for DORCAS. E. MORGAN:
Jan Dunham's papers show Dorcas E. Morgan being born in Arkansas.
Children of DORCAS. MORGAN and DISHONG are:
i. LEWIS9 DISHONG, b. Unknown.
ii. LEVY DISHONG MCNEELY, b. Unknown.
26. THOMAS "ED"8 MORGAN (PERMELIA7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born December 13, 1863 in Arkansas, and died July 06, 1911. He married MOLLIE S. HARP December 18, 1884 in Drew County, Arkansas.
Children of THOMAS MORGAN and MOLLIE HARP are:
i. EULA9 BIGGS, b. Unknown.
ii. JODIA BIGGS, b. Unknown.
iii. LESSIE MORGAN, b. Unknown.
27. JAMES A.8 HAWK (MARTHA C.7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born 1858 in Wiseville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, and died June 02, 1895 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co., Arkansas. He married JENNIE AMANDA BRADLEY Abt. 1885, daughter of WILLIAM BRADLEY and MARTHA BELL. She was born August 31, 1865 in Illinois, and died September 05, 1936 in Texarkana, Miller Co., Arkansas.
Children of JAMES HAWK and JENNIE BRADLEY are:
i. JAMES BUFORD9 HAWK (Source: Daniel Rex Holmes, Oct. 1998.), b. November 28, 1885, Warren, Bradley Co., Arkansas; d. February 13, 1946, Lufkin, Angelina Co., Texas; m. SUE ELIZABETH SINGER; b. February 27, 1893, Hermitage, Bradley Co., Arkansas; d. October 18, 1979, Texarkana, Miller Co., Arkansas.
ii. CLAUDE HOIL HAWK, b. April 04, 1887.
iii. PLESIE HAWK, b. August 28, 1888.
iv. VELMA HAWK, b. April 08, 1892, Drew Co., Arkansas; d. September 04, 1922, Cleveland Co., Arkansas; m. J.B. SEARCY; b. October 18, 1883, Annover, Cleveland Co., Arkansas; d. November 25, 1949, Cleveland Co., Arkansas.
28. FANNIE8 HAWK (MARTHA C.7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born Unknown. She married UNKNOWN HELLUMS.
Children of FANNIE HAWK and UNKNOWN HELLUMS are:
i. VIRGIL9 HELLUMS, b. Unknown.
ii. JEP HELLUMS, b. Unknown.
iii. CLIFTON HELLUMS, b. Unknown.
iv. SHIELDS HELLUMS, b. Unknown.
29. MARGARET EMELINE8 DAVIS (MARY ADELIA7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born October 23, 1853 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, and died April 15, 1899 in Helena, Arkansas. She married JOBE DEAN March 27, 1873.
Children of MARGARET DAVIS and JOBE DEAN are:
i. HENRY9 DEAN, b. Unknown.
ii. MAMIE DEAN, b. Unknown.
30. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS8 DAVIS (MARY ADELIA7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born March 04, 1857 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, and died March 26, 1912 in Muldrow, Oklahoma. He married AMELIA LEE NORA (LENONA) JOWERS (Source: Karen "Lonnie" Weir, Everett, Washington, 98201 10-24-99 by telephone, and 26 Family Group Sheets of his descendants - by Karen L. Weir (10-31-99).) January 07, 1880 in Mr. Pleasant, Mississippi, daughter of THOMAS JOWERS and EMALINE NUNERY. She was born April 15, 1862, and died February 07, 1896 in Muldrow, Oklahoma.
Notes for CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DAVIS:
Columbus Davis was married in Mt, Pleasant MS, and is buried in Black Jack Cemetery in Muldrow, Oklahoma according to a letter from Uncle Fletcher to Mother in the 1960s.
From Karen Weir 10-31-99 (Columbus Davis was her great-grandfather) ; Obituary: " Died of Heart Failure C.Davis, an old resident of this city, died very suddenly Tuesday evening of heart failure. Mr. Davis had had several attacks of heart trouble lately and while his death was sudden, it came not unexpected by his relatives and friends. The funeral was preached by Rev. E. V. Dowell Wednesday afternoon and the remains were buried in the Black Jack Cemetery."
And a clipping from Uncle Fletcher's Hondo Anvil Herald: Copy of the obituary plus: "The foregoing, from the Muldrow Oklahoma Press, a newspaper published at his home town, March 30, 1912, is an account of the death of the eldest brother of the editor of this paper. He had just passed his fifty-fifth year, and it is hard to realize that the relentless hand of death has claimed one who should just now be in his prime. Three short summers ago, he and the writer met after a separation of twenty years and spent a few days among the scenes of our boyhood in old Mississippi; and though boys of a different generation, we were both boys again for the one brief day we spent at the old home nest recalling the days of that former bright period in our lives. And now he is dead! Oh! the unspeakable sorrow of that word! No more may we meet on life's playground as of yore! And the silent tomb to whose embrace he has gone gives back no voice to soothe the bleeding hearts left behind. But in the impotence of finite wisdom and strength, man rests in that faith that is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen and pours over his stricken soul that balm of Hope which alone can minister surcease. It is well with the departed."
Notes for AMELIA LEE NORA (LENONA) JOWERS:
Amelia Lee Nora (Lenona) Jowers....... Lonnie Weir shows the alternate spelling of Amelia's middle name. Mother copied "Lee Nora" from a letter or some other source.
Children of CHRISTOPHER DAVIS and AMELIA JOWERS are:
i. LEE NORA (LINORIE) MAY9 DAVIS, b. December 12, 1880; d. December 23, 1951; m. (1) ? HURD; m. (2) GEORGE EARNEST/ERNST.
Notes for GEORGE EARNEST/ERNST:
Obituary from Karen Weir 10-31-99: "Funeral Services Held for George L. Earnest
Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church in Calera this afternoon at 2 o'clock for George L. Earnest, prominent farmer, who died Thursday afternoon at this home four miles south or Durant, following a heart attack. The funeral cortege left Holmes Funeral Home at 1 p.m for Calera, where funeral services were held. Burial was in the Calera cemetery." and another clipping : "Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Friday afternoon for Mr. George Earnest who died at his nome near Risner*, Thursday. The family has many friends here who sympathize with them in their sorrow. " *this could be Rianer (copy hard to read).
ii. CORA GERTRUDE DAVIS, b. February 04, 1883; d. September 14, 1913; m. J. E. CHANDLER.
iii. MAUD LIONA DAVIS, b. June 27, 1886; d. June 26, 1926; m. UNKNOWN WILLIAMS.
iv. MILLS ALBERT DAVIS, b. June 24, 1888; d. February 26, 1919; m. RUBY WILKERSON.
Notes for MILLS ALBERT DAVIS:
Mills (Miles) Albert Davis is Susan Sweet's grandfather.
v. WILLIE DOUGLAS DAVIS (Source: Karen "Lonnie" Weir, Everett, Washington, 98201 10-24-99 by telephone, and 26 Family Group Sheets of his descendants - by Karen L. Weir (10-31-99).), b. April 09, 1891, Paradise, Wise County, Texas; d. August 07, 1961, Amarillo, Texas; m. VIRGIL VILION PHILIPS, August 11, 1912, Muldrow, Oklahoma; b. January 11, 1894, Mena, Arkansas; d. April 12, 1973, Amarillo, Texas.
vi. JAMES EDGAR DAVIS, b. April 26, 1893; d. December 27, 1895, Muldrow, Oklahoma.
vii. JESSE FRANKLIN DAVIS, b. March 01, 1895; d. October 29, 1895.
Notes for JESSE FRANKLIN DAVIS:
From a newspaper clipping sent 10-31-99 by Karen Pyles Weir:
"The Death Angel The death angel has visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Davis and taken away their infant son, Jesse Franklin. Little Jesse was born March 1st, 1895, and died Oct. 29. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of the entire community in their sorrow.
Sleep on little one on Jesus breast,
Thou hast lain thy weary head to rest
'Tis He who has given thy soul release
And now He will give you joy and peace.
'Tis sad to part, but oh so sweet,
To think how soon again we'll meet;
Yes meet on Canaan's blessed shore
Where parting words are heard no more."
31. FRANCIS MARION8 DAVIS III (MARY ADELIA7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born October 19, 1859 in Marshall Co, Mississippi, and died July 06, 1945 in Memphis Tennessee. He married (1) LEE BOWDEN Abt. 1905. He married (2) GOLDIE SIMMONS 1910 in Memphis Tennessee. She was born 1874 in Jackson, Mississippi, and died 1950 in Memphis Tennessee.
Notes for FRANCIS MARION DAVIS III:
Obituary from The Collierville Herald:
"Uncle of Local Resident Dies -- Frances (sic) Marion Davis, uncle of Mrs. John Little Dean of Collierville, died at his home on Perkins Road near Memphis at 10 o'clock Friday night following a stroke. He was 84.
The fourth child and second son of the late F. M, and Mary Lockhart Davis, Mr. Davis was born near Booneville, Miss., and moved to Memphis in 1910. His boyhood was spent on the farm near Mt. Pleasant, Miss. He was a landowner and operator of a grocery store both in Mississippi and Tennessee.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Goldie Davis, a daughter, Mrs. Ross M. Doty of Memphis, three grandchildren and a brother, Fletcher Davis of Hondo, Texas."
Karen Weir (10-31-99) sent this copy of Uncle Fletcher's article in the Hondo Anvil Herald:
"We Lose Our Last Brother
When death came to Francis Marion Davis at 10 o'clock Friday night, July 6, 1945, at his home near Memphis, Tenn., it robbed the managing editor of this paper of the last of his twelve brothers and sisters and left him the last, lone survivor of his family of thirteen brothers and sisters.
Born October 19, 1859, the deceased had reached the advanced age of 85 years, 8 months and 17 days and had thus attained the longest life of any of his family or as far as known, any of his ancestry. He was married twice, his first wife, nee Lee Bowden and their two infant sons dying many years ago. His second wife, nee Goldie Simmons, and their daughter, now Mrs. Ross H. Doty, and three little grandchildren survive him.
In the summer of 1937, he and his wife, their daughter and husband Ross H. Doty, and their little daughter, Mary Frances, visited the editor and family here -- the only visit the editor ever had from one of him immediate family in the nearly fifty years of his residence in Texas.
One by one this writer has seen the last of his ties of brotherhood shattered and broken by death's inexorable hand, and it would not be human not to be grieved. But there is comfort in the reflection that he had attained a full life, had finished his race and through all his years had kept his faith that right finally prevails. Unassuming, unpretentious, but strict in his integrity, we do not believe there was ever a finer moral character. To what greater achievement could man aspire? How better to attain the plaudit.."Well done!"
To those who will miss him most, the wife, the daughter and the three little grandchildren, to each and all of whom he was passionately devoted, our heart goes out in deepest sympathy."
Notes for GOLDIE SIMMONS:
Obituary from The Commercial Appeal, Memphis TN: 1950
"Mrs. Goldia Davis -- Dies at Home following Illness of Two Months - was 76
A resident of the Berclair community for 36 years, Mrs. Goldia Davis died at 10:10 last night at her home at 590 North Perkins Road after a two-month illness. She was 76.
Born in Jackson, Miss., she moved to Memphis about 50 years ago and was a charter member of the Grimes Memorial Methodist Church. She was the widow of Francis Marion Davis who died five years ago.
She leaves a daughter, Mrs. R. H. Doty of Memphis, and three grandchildren. National Funeral Home has charge."
Children of FRANCIS DAVIS and LEE BOWDEN are:
i. FIRST SON9 DAVIS.
ii. SECOND SON DAVIS.
Child of FRANCIS DAVIS and GOLDIE SIMMONS is:
iii. MARY GOLDENA9 DAVIS, b. May 17, 1912, Memphis Tennessee; m. ROSS HEARN DOTY, December 18, 1935; d. Memphis Tennessee.
Notes for MARY GOLDENA DAVIS:
Mary Davis Doty is a Charter Member of Grimes Memorial United Methodist Church in Memphis. I talked with her 10-31-99 by phone. Mary Frances and her husband live with Mary, and take care of her, since Mary's eyesight is not good, and she had to give up automobile driving about three years ago.
32. MARY JANE8 DAVIS (MARY ADELIA7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born May 06, 1861 in Marshall Co, Mississippi, and died January 18, 1882 in Marshall Co, Mississippi. She married WALTER HARRIS December 10, 1885.
Child of MARY DAVIS and WALTER HARRIS is:
i. INFANT9 HARRIS, b. January 18, 1882.
33. EMILY ISABELLA8 DAVIS (MARY ADELIA7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born January 29, 1863 in Booneville, Tishomingo Co., Mississippi, and died November 18, 1941 in Memphis Tennessee. She married JAMES B. "JIM" ROPER December 16, 1886.
Notes for EMILY ISABELLA DAVIS:
Fletcher Davis, editor, wrote the "farewell" to his sister Emily Roper in the Hondo Anvil Herald, Hondo TX.
"... Emily Isabella Davis, the sixth child and fourth daughter in that group of thirteen, was born to the late Francis Marion and Mary Lockhart Davis, near Booneville, then part of Tishimingo (sic) County, but now Prentiss County, Mississippi, on January 29, 1863. When she was a small child, her parents left that part of the state, and in 1869, settled on a farm in Marshall County, Mississippi, near where they both had been reared, and where, after their marriage, they had resided before moving to Tishimingo just preceeding the Civil War. Here she grew into young womanhood, and on Dec. 16, 1886, she was married to James B. Roper."
Obituary from Memphis newspaper:
"Mrs. Emily I. Roper -- Mother of Three Memphians Dies at Age of 78 --
Mrs. Emily I. Roper, resident of Memphis since 1919, died last night at 9:15 o'clock following an illness. She was 78.
Mrs. Roper was born in Mt. Pleasant, Miss. She was a member of the Union Avenue Methodist Church and lived at 187 Summit.
She leaves three sons, H. L., L. E. Roper of Memphis and M. C. Roper of Detroit, Michigan; two daughters, Miss Mary Roper of Memphis and Mrs. J. A. Bright of Helena, Ark., and two brothers, F. M. Davis of Memphis and Fletcher Davis of Hondo, Texas.
National Funeral Home in charge."
Children of EMILY DAVIS and JAMES ROPER are:
i. EUGENE9 ROPER, m. FLORENCE A. KIRK; b. Abt. 1900.
ii. EARL ROPER.
iii. ROWENA ROPER, m. UNKNOWN BRIGHT.
iv. MARY ROPER.
v. HARVEY LOUIS ROPER, b. Abt. 1904; d. January 13, 1992, Memphis Tennessee; m. FRANCES GRIFFIN; b. 1904; d. July 18, 1999, Memphis Tennessee.
Notes for FRANCES GRIFFIN:
Obituary in The Commercial Appeal, July 20, 1999:
"Frances Griffin Roper, 95, of Memphis, died of heart faillure Sunday at Baptist Memorial Hospital East. Mass will be said at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, where she was a communicant, with burial in Calvary. Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel has charge. She was a former member of the Nineteenth Century Club. Mrs. Roper, the widow of Harvey Louis Roper, leaves a daughter Virginia R. Ebbing of Memphis; a son James H. Roper of Greenwich, Conn., a grandson and two great-grandsons."
vi. CLINTON ROPER.
34. ELIZABETH CALDONIA8 DAVIS (MARY ADELIA7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born February 26, 1866 in Marshall Co, Mississippi, and died February 21, 1935 in Cockrum, Tate Co, Mississippi. She married MINTON JEFFERSON HARRIS February 24, 1887. He was born March 10, 1848, and died November 06, 1920 in Mississippi.
Children of ELIZABETH DAVIS and MINTON HARRIS are:
i. MARION JESSE9 HARRIS, b. September 17, 1889; d. May 10, 1901.
ii. FREDDA MAY HARRIS, b. November 24, 1892; m. GEORGE M. HARRISON, December 25, 1921.
iii. CORRA NEAL HARRIS, b. July 26, 1895, Tate County, Mississippi; m. POLK MARTIN, December 14, 1913.
iv. JEFF DAVIS HARRIS, b. May 18, 1899, Tate County, Mississippi; m. ESTELLE ELLIS, March 21, 1931.
v. ROBBIE LOCKHART DAVIS, b. December 12, 1901, Tate County, Mississippi.
vi. MELVILLE FRANCIS VARDEMAN HARRIS, b. April 06, 1904, Tate County, Mississippi; m. ANNIE PEARL DARNELL, December 26, 1929.
vii. CHARLIE VERNON HARRIS, b. September 28, 1906, Independence, Tate Co., Mississippi; d. June 10, 1984, Independence, Tate Co., Mississippi; m. BESSIE FLORENCE KING, April 28, 1930, Independence, Tate Co., Mississippi; b. March 03, 1906, Sarah, Tate Co., Mississippi; d. September 06, 1976, Cockrum, Tate Co, Mississippi.
More About CHARLIE VERNON HARRIS:
Church: Methodist
Occupation: Farmer & Dairyman
More About BESSIE FLORENCE KING:
Church: Methodist
Occupation: School Teacher
35. TEXANNA VICTORIA8 DAVIS (MARY ADELIA7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) was born August 10, 1868 in Marshall Co, Mississippi, and died December 24, 1894 in Marshall Co, Mississippi. She married R. L. "BOB" ROPER November 10, 1887 in Marshall Co, Mississippi.
Children of TEXANNA DAVIS and R. ROPER are:
i. PERCY9 ROPER.
ii. LILLIAN ROPER.
iii. TEXANNA LEE ROPER, b. January 18, 1893; d. August 07, 1894, Marshall Co, Mississippi.
36. CHARLES DUDLEY8 DAVIS (MARY ADELIA7 LOCKHART, CHARLES6, JOHN5, LEMUEL4, JAMES3, NATHAN2, NOAH1) (Source: Marriage license, death certificates, Wills & Deeds Marshall Co, MS; Obituaries.) was born May 17, 1870 in Marshall Co, Mississippi, and died January 23, 1923 in Marshall Co, Mississippi. He married ANNA DOUGLASS LOCKHART (Source: Obituary, Personal Knowledge, Maternal grandmother of compiler - Anne D. Babin.) October 17, 1900 in Eldorado, Union County, Arkansas, daughter of CHARLES LOCKHART and CAROLINE BENNETT. She was born August 22, 1877 in Delila, Union Co., Arkansas, and died May 16, 1977 in Memphis Tennessee.
Notes for CHARLES DUDLEY DAVIS:
Information in "Cemeteries of Marshall County, Mississippi" published by Old Timer Press of Ripley MS in June 1983: Location: near Taska between Mt. Pleasant and Red Banks.
Among a long list of graves are listed:
Charles Davis , May 16, 1870 - Jan. 23, 1923
Francis Marion Davis, Aug. 30, 1827-April 26, 1887 - husband of Mary Davis
Mary Lockhart Davis, Oct 4, 1836 - July 14, 1902
P. Ann E. Davis, July 15, 1855 - May 23, 1878 - dau. of F.M. & Mary Davis
Wilkins - infant son of C. F. and Taska Davis Wilkins, b & d June 11, 1902
Note: Family Bible records indicate the following are buried in this cemetery:
Charles Lockhart, born in Virginia, July 15, 1796, died at 52 years
Emeline Bailey Lockhart, Nov. 17, 1813-Feb. 14, 1846, born in North Carolina.
Notes for ANNA DOUGLASS LOCKHART:
From notes I made about "Mama" when first starting to research family history:
"At age 12, she went to Hillsboro, Ark., to Miss White's Academy for Young Ladies. Only wealthy landowners could educate girls (or boys) after age 12. There were wild animals all over Arkansas: deer and bobcats. No electricity, phones, gasoline or cars. Mama took a steamboat ride down the Ouachita River. Travel on farm by wagon and horse. Cotton went to market by wagon to Memphis, took all day from farm to Memphis, to wagon yards, to rent place for night. Cotton men came and bid on cotton. Plantation owner came by buggy or train. Owner met cotton buyer, bid on cotton, made sale, then empty wagon goes back.
In Arkansas, fire from chimney and smoke attracted wild animals. Panther came, walking on roof. Servant threw straw mattress into fireplace. Blazed up into chimney, frightened panther away."
Anna Gordon Davis was born in 1912, after Mama and my grandfather had been married 12 years. They lived in Memphis at the time Mother was born, but she grew up on the family farm on Taska Road in Marshall County, Mississippi. Eugenia and Carol were born 3 and 8 years later. My grandfather Charles Dudley Davis, their father, died in 1923, when Carol was only 3 years old. Mama took the three little girls and moved over to Slayden, where she taught school and boarded at the school's teachers housing.
Later Mama took the girls to Memphis and lived with Aunt Betty and then Aunt Emily (her sisters-in law) until she got a job teaching in the Memphis City School System. Mayor E. H. Crump had been an Insurance Business associate of my grandfather's in Holly Springs MS, so Mama went to him for help. He was the one who got the teaching position for her. (When I married in 1950, Mr. and Mrs. Crump sent me a beautiful, heavy, sterling silver tray as a wedding gift, since Mr. Crump and Grandfather Dean also had been political friends throughout the years.)
Mama taught Art at Treadwell High School for many years, and then taught the 4th grade. She was invited to continue teaching after she reached age 65, which was an honor bestowed on just a few teachers at that time.
She bought the house at 2265 Central Ave. in the early 30s, when she first started teaching. She carpooled with Miss King, whose twin nieces attended Southwestern at the same time I did.
Mama's Obituary from THE SOUTH REPORTER, Holly Springs MS, Thursday June 2, 1977:
"DAVIS
Services for Mrs. Anna Lockhart Davis, 99, artist, poet and retired Memphis art teacher wee held May 18 at Memphis Funeral Home with burial in Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis.
Mrs. Davis, who was born August 22, 1877, died Monday May 16, at Mid-South Hospital. She was the widow of Charles Dudley Davis of Marshall County and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Lockhart of Union County, Ark.
She was the granddaughter of a pioneer family in Marshall County, her grandparents having moved here from Virginia and North Carolina in 1836. Part of the original land grant in the Taska neighborhood remains the property of the Davis family.
Born and raised in Eldorado, Ark., she moved to Marshall County after her marriage in 1900 and taught in schools in the old Union neighborhood. After the death of her husband in 1923, she taught for a year at the old North Mississippi State Agricultural College at Slayden.
In Memphis she taught art at Treadwell High School for 22 years before her retirement. Mrs. Davis had been living for the past 10 years at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Anna Gordon Davis Dean of Collierville, Tenn.
She was a member of the Collierville United Methodist Church, the National League of American Pen Women, the Poetry Society of Tennessee, Tennessee Federation of Women's Clubs, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Daughters of the American Revolution, the Better Films Council and the Outlook Club.
Mrs. Davis, who was also a member of the old Pallett and Brush Club, one of Memphis' first artists clubs, had her paintings exhibited at Brooks Art Gallery on numerous occasions. She was a member of the Brooks Art League.
Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Eugenia Davis Dowling and Mrs. Carol Davis Gage, both of Memphis; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren."
Children of CHARLES DAVIS and ANNA LOCKHART are:
i. ANNA GORDON9 DAVIS (Source: Birth certificate, marriage certificate, obituary, death certificate, Mother of compiler - Anne D. Babin.), b. July 09, 1912, Memphis Tennessee; d. July 14, 1986, Memphis Tennessee; m. JOHN LITTLE DEAN (Source: Death Certificate, Obituary, Personal Knowledge.), January 28, 1930, Hernando Mississippi; b. April 08, 1906, Collierville Tennessee; d. October 31, 1968, Collierville Tennessee.
Notes for ANNA GORDON DAVIS:
Anna Gordon Davis was born in 1912, after Mama and my grandfather had been married 12 years. They lived in Memphis at the time Mother was born, but she grew up on the family farm on Taska Road in Marshall County, Mississippi. Eugenia and Carol were born 3 and 8 years later. My grandfather Charles Dudley Davis, their father, died in 1923, when Carol was only 3 years old. Mama took the three little girls and moved over to Slayden, where she taught school and boarded at the school's teachers housing. (For more about Mama Davis, see "notes" for Anna Douglass Lockhart Davis.)
Obituary from The Independent, July 16, 1986:
"ANNA GORDON DAVIS DEAN, 74, of Collierville died Monday, July 14, 1986 at St. Francis Hospital following a long illness. She was the widow of John Little Dean. She was a member of the Collierville United Methodist Church; and a Charter member and past president of the TFWC Contemporary Club. She was a past president of the 9th District Tennessee Federation of Women's Clubs and held office in the General Federation of Women's Clubs.
She was a Charter Member of the Poetry Society of Tennessee and a member of the National League of American Pen Women. Her oil paintings were exhibited at Brooks Art Gallery and the Peabody Hotel.
Mrs. Dean served as program director of the Memphis Chapter of the National Foundation- March of Dimes and was one of the originators of the Mother's March in Shelby County. As an active genealogist for 26 years, she had traced her family genealogies back many generations