8,225 research outputs found
Laura Riding Jackson papers
No full textLaura Riding Jackson (1901-1991) was an American poet, critic, and editor. She was closely associated with the Fugitive group, a cluster of American Southern writers centered at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, which included John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, and Robert Penn Warren. She had a long partnership with Robert Graves; together they co-founded the Seizin Press, published several volumes of poetry, and co-edited the literary journal Epilogue. Jackson is generally acknowledged to have influenced the work of Graves, the New Zealand filmmaker Len Lye, and the writers James Reeves, Norman Cameron, T. S. Matthews, Jacob Bronowski, and W. H. Auden. The collection consists of correspondence between Jackson and Robert Nye, a British author, editor, and playwright, as well as manuscripts, newspaper and magazine clippings, and photographs. Subjects discussed include writers and writings, Martin Seymour-Smith, Robert Graves, and Nye
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
Letter re: Parcels for POWs
No full textLetter from Helen Wade Jackson, chairman of the American Prisoners of War Relatives Association, to Amon Carter enclosing newspaper articles regarding for American Prisoners of War Relatives Association
Letter from Wade H. Creekmore to Hubert Creekmore (15 October 1943)
No full textWade writes from Jackson, Mississippi, to Creekmore via the Fleet Post Office in San Francisco, California, regarding personal matters. Includes envelope.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/creekmore/1294/thumbnail.jp
Letter re: Parcels for POWs
No full textHandwritten letter from Helen Wade Jackson, co-chairman of Parcels for Prisoners of War and the American Prisoners of War relatives Association, to Amon Carter with information concerning prisoners of war. Typed transcription included
Service of Triumph for Evelyn L. Taylor Wade Jackson
No full textFuneral program for Evelyn L. Taylor Wade Jackson, born July 21, 1913 and died in 1989. The funeral was held December 20, 1989 at East Saint Paul United Methodist Church, officiated by Reverend Barbara Miller. Funeral arrangements were made through the Lewis Funeral Home and she was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery near San Antonio, Texas
Letter re: Oflag 64
No full textCopy of letter from Helen Wade Jackson, co-chairman of Parcels for Prisoners of War and the American Prisoners of War relatives Association, to Col. Thomas Drake, War Department general staff and former prisoner of war, regarding prisoners of war and the Red Cross
Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records
No full textThe Maynard Jackson mayoral administrative records are extensive and consist of materials spanning the years 1968 to 1994. Within this digital collection are photographs, general correspondence, Mayoral campaign materials, and printed and published materials and correspondence related to the Atlanta Child Murders. The Atlanta Child Murders subseries in the Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records chronicles the time period between 1979-1981 when multiple young black children and adults were murdered in the city of Atlanta. The murders garnered national news coverage and caused panic across the country. The records in this digital collection reflect the response to the tragedy that were both created, collected and sent to the Atlanta Mayor's office during Maynard Jackson's second mayoral term.
At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at [email protected]
Journeys Through Jackson 2017 Vol.27 No.02
No full textJourneys Through Jackson is the official journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc. The journal began as a monthly publication in July 1991, was published bimonthly from 1994 to 2003, and continues today as a quarterly publication. The journal issues in this digital collection are presented as annual compilations.Journeys
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The Official Journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, Inc.
Vol. XXVII, No. II Spring/ Summer 2017
JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
2017 Officers
Presiden ................................................................................................................... Lynn Hotaling
Vice Presidents ............................................................... Norma Bryson Clayton, George Frizzell
Secretary ................................................................................................................. Deborah Blazer
Treasurer ..................................................................................................... Teresa Deitz Manring
Librarian...................................................................................................................... Marie Clark
Office Manager ......................................................................................................... Carol Bryson
Web Master, Computer Technician .................................................................... Jason N. Gregory
Chair, Publications (Editor) ........................................................................... Sanji Talley Watson
Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to submit genealogical materials for publication, with the understanding that the editor reserves the right to edit these materials for genealogical content, clarity, or taste. The Society assumes no responsibility for errors of fact that may be contained in submissions, and except where noted, the opinions expressed are not those of the editor or of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts no advertising for this publication except for notices from other non-profit groups.
From the Editor
Don’t forget that every second Thursday of the month, the Society offers great programs on a wide variety of topics. As always, they are open to the public and are free. Pass the word regarding our programs.
Always remember that our Society is as good as its members. If you have any pictures, stories or tidbits of information that you would like to share with everyone, please feel free to send it to the Society for publication in Journeys.
REMEMBER
The Rebel Cruise – In
Sunday October 1, 2017
1 – 4 pm
Sav-Mor Parking Lot
Sylva, NC
T-Shirts – Music – Food Trucks – 50/50 Raffle
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents .............................................................................................................49
JCGS Photo Album.................................................................................................... 50-54
Dr. John R. Brinkley ................................................................................................. 55-64
1880 Jackson County Census Records ..................................................................... 65-68
Descendants of William Solomon Parker, Sr .......................................................... 69-72
Jackson County Genealogical Society Scholarship Winners ................................. 73-76
Descendants of John Thomas Tatham ..................................................................... 77-80
1944 Jackson County Death Certificates ................................................................. 81-83
The Oldest House in Jackson County ............................................................................84
Outline Descendant Report for Frederick (Baumgarten) Bumgarner. ................ 85-88
Gunter-Gooch From Jackson County to Idaho and Utah ..................................... 89-90
Denton Higdon Photo Album .................................................................................... 91-94
Index ............................................................................................................................ 95-96
The address for JCGS is now:
Jackson County Genealogical Society
Post Office Box 480
Sylva, NC 28779
In the Fall 2016 Issue of JTJ, we made a mistake in the transcription of one of the articles. We are human and all articles are edited for clarity, legibility, proper formatting. Here is the corrected paragraph that should be on page 185 in the Fall 2016 issue.
“We have known her all her life until the removal of herself and husband to Tennessee and that we firmly state that she is a woman of good character never having known of or heard of anything whatever derogatory to her character for virtue, charity, honesty, and sobriety and we further state that her father and family for a great many years were close neighbors only residing a short distance from us. Given under our hands this 19th day of August A. D. 1870.”
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JCGS Photo Album
The pictures shown here was given to the Society by JCGS member, Bonnie Barker. Above left is a picture of John Robert Mills, taken at the old home place on Moses Creek. Above is Mitchell Melton, Pernell Griggs, and John Robert Mills taken at the Melton home in Little Canada. The photograph on the left is of John Robert Mills and Finley Mills. Recent research on this family reminded us that we had these pictures in the Bonnie Barker Collection. Journeys Through Jackson Spring/Summer 2017
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JCGS Photo Album
The photo above is of John Robert and Flora Arrington Mills family; included in this photo is Zeb Mills, Findly Mills, Mariah Etta Mills, Nellie Ann Mills, Ferry Mills and Winnie Mills. The photo on the bottom is also John Robert and Flora Arrington Mills family. With them in this photo are Nina Arrington, Ferry Mills, Mariah Mills, Nell Mills. These two photos were also part of the Bonnie Barker Collection located in the JCGS Library. Journeys Through Jackson Spring/Summer 2017
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JCGS Photo Album
Recently, there was a discussion in the JCGS office as to if the gentlemen in these two pictures are the same man. The photo to the top is a known photo of William Hamilton Bryson, (11 Nov 1832 – 18 Sep 1875), he was the son of William Holmes Bryson and Magdalene Cunningham. If anyone can identify the gentleman to the left, please let the society know his identity. Journeys Through Jackson Spring/Summer 2017
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JCGS Photo Album
In the JSGC Library, we have been very fortunate to have been given numerous old photographs. On the next two pages are some of the photographs that are unidentified. If you happen to know who any of these people are, please contact the office and let us know their identity.
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Dr. John Brinkley
By Lynn Hotaling and George Frizzell. This article will continue in future editions of JTJ.
Seventy-five years after his death, the man who is likely Jackson County’s most notorious native son is once again in the national spotlight.
Dr. John R. Brinkley, born July 8, 1885, in Beta, was raised alongside the Tuckaseigee River by his aunt, Sally Mingus. He left Sylva penniless but found fame and fortune during the 1920s and 1930s after he hit upon the idea of treating male impotence by transplanting goat glands into humans, performing hundreds of surgeries in hospitals he founded in Milford, Kan., Del Rio, Texas, and Little Rock, Ark. After Kansas authorities stripped him of his medical license in 1930, he built a new hospital in Del Rio, where he also constructed the world’s most powerful radio station across the Rio Grande River in Mexico, out of reach of U.S. regulation. He hosted a program introduced country music luminaries like the Carter family and local talent like Samantha Biddix Bumgarner and Harry Cagle to a national audience.
Brinkley ended his career in bankruptcy court and died a broken man in 1942, but along the way he revolutionized political campaigning by introducing radio advertising, sound trucks and airplane travel during his 1930 write-in attempt to win the Kansas governorship. Though not initially taken seriously as a candidate, Brinkley attracted such huge crowds traveling the state in his airplane that state officials – just three days before the election – changed the voting rules. The only ballots that would count, they said, were ones that read “J.R. Brinkley.” With no time to protest, Brinkley got on the radio and reminded Kansans non-stop that they needed to write “J period R period B-R-I-N-K-L-E-Y,” and that no other spelling would do. When votes were tallied, Brinkley had 183,278, not counting the estimated 30,000 to 50,000 ballots with “Doctor Brinkley” or other variations. His two opponents’ totals were 217,171 and 216,920, which means Brinkley likely would have won had the old standard of voter intent remained in force.
That insight into the 1930 election can be found in a 2008 Brinkley biography, “Charlatan: America’s Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam” by Pope Brock. Since Brock’s book was published, interest in Brinkley has steadily increased. A documentary titled “Nuts!” was screened at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, where it won a special jury award for editing. That film is currently available through iTunes, Vimeo and Amazon’s screening service. A podcast on Brinkley’s exploits, titled “Man of the People” and featuring “Nuts!” director Penny Lane and “Charlatan” author Brock, aired in January of this year, and a film expected to star Robert Downey Jr. is in the works.
While Brock’s book doesn’t include much about Brinkley’s early life, or Jackson County, it does paint a detailed (and typically unflattering) picture of the goat-gland specialist’s activities after he left Western North Carolina. Brinkley himself, however, never forgot his roots and kept in touch with a few people he had known as a boy. Despite investigations into his questionable medical treatments, area newspapers treated Brinkley as a star, and his Jackson County comings and goings were often front-page news in local papers.
That all changed after his fall from grace when he was revealed to be a fraud. Hardly a mention of Brinkley is to be found in local newspapers in the three decades after his death. The Sylva Herald’s landmark 1951 Jackson County Centennial section, filled with stories of local history and luminaries, makes no mention of Brinkley, despite his national prominence and notoriety less than two decades earlier.
Once he came into wealth and power, Brinkley himself created his own markers here, erecting a monument to his beloved Aunt Sally in a sharp curve between East LaPorte and Tuckasegee and having his name spelled out on the rock walls at the entrance to the farm a few hundred yards south that he purchased in 1936 from Claude Wike.
Brinkley hired Will Smith, father of the late Bill Smith (a longtime local educator who won election as a county commissioner and Sylva board member), to manage the property for him. Bill Smith owned a collection of letters Brinkley wrote to his father, sometimes on an almost daily basis, directing day-to-day operations at the farm.
Ray Ashe of East Fork, whose grandmother Amanda Wike Jackson lived next door to Brinkley’s Aunt Sally, remembers visiting the farm as a boy.
“We went there one Sunday,” Ray said. “I remember he was very cordial and showed us everything, including their inner-spring mattresses.”
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grandmother, who he called “Aunt Amanda” or “Aunt Mandy,” and corresponded with her; Ray has saved some of the letters and postcards his grandmother received from Brinkley and his wife, Minnie, that were mostly written when Brinkley was at the height of his fame and fortune.
The first, dated Nov. 8, 1936, is in response to a letter Walter had written to tell Brinkley that Aunt Mandy was having trouble with her eyes. Just as he famously did during his radio shows, Brinkley offered advice, telling Aunt Mandy what to purchase at the “drug store in Sylva” to relieve her symptoms. “2-ounces of a ten percent solution of Argyrol and a medicine dropper. Dropping 5 or 10 drops in both eyes, rolling the eyeballs around and letting the medicine under the lids. I have found this to be of great relief to myself and others. The medicine is harmless, it is very black and stings the lids but that is of little consequence. I usually have it put in my eyes three times a day when I have eye strain or eye pain.”
That letter also describes recent weather in Texas (two early frosts) and mentions the banana tree outside Brinkley’s window at his Del Rio mansion.
Brinkley spared no expense on his palatial estate, filling it with tropical plants and animals. In “Charlatan,” Brock writes: “It was the home he created there – a mission-style manor and grounds near the Rio Grande – that had Texas talking: 16 acres of naked self-regard, part Versailles, part Barnum & Bailey.”
The bulk of the correspondence Ray has surrounds a trip to Europe Brinkley took with Minnie and their son, Johnnie Boy, in the summer of 1937. While traveling, Brinkley sent Aunt Mandy at least a dozen postcards as well as three brief notes.
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(The letter on the right, dated April 21, 1937, was sent to Amanda Wike Jackson from Dr. John R. Brinkley. The note on the left \was written July 9, 1937, also by Dr. John R. Brinkley to Amanda Wike Jackson of East LaPorte. All these illustrations, including the postcard pictured above and sent before, are courtesy of Ray Ashe.)
Before the family left the Del Rio estate for their summer-long trip, the Brinkleys threw a big party – one so memorable that Brock describes it in his book, saying that 1,400 guests strolled the grounds while a stunt pilot did barrel-rolls overhead.
“It was the biggest party the doctor ever threw the biggest south Texas could recall. After short speeches and a big feed, the night was crowned by an apocalyptic fireworks display: dogs, cats, ducks, soldiers on horseback appeared in the heavens etched in flame, each greeted with gasps and applause. The last rocket spelled a message that shimmered and flared among the stars: ‘Bon voyage Dr., Mrs. Brinkley and Johnnie,’” Brock writes.
Brinkley wrote to Aunt Mandy before the trip. In an April 21 letter typed on “Brinkley Hospital” letterhead stationery, he tells her how busy he is and that he hopes to leave Texas by May 1. “We (are) up to our neck in work,” Brinkley writes. “I am having to go here and there besides operating every day, 5 operations yesterday, 6 this afternoon, many more are coming in.” After assuring Aunt Mandy that he and his family will call on her while they are in Tuckasegee, Brinkley says he will give a letter Aunt Mandy wrote to him to “Mrs. Brinkley” and that he’s sure Minnie will write Aunt Mandy if “she has time.” The letter is signed, “With lots of love, faithfully yours, J.R. Brinkley, M.D.”
In the promised April 23, 1937, letter to Aunt Mandy, Minnie tells her of their planned trip – they will be in Jackson County May 5 or 6 on their way to New York to catch the Queen Mary – and of the party mentioned above.
“Dr. Brinkley is giving a big garden party to several hundred (near 1,500) Del Rioians on next Sunday as a gesture of ‘good will,’” she writes. “We will be gone from Del Rio four months if our plans carry, so we do not want to be forgotten or not remembered with appreciation for the citizens’ good will.”
Brock’s book provides the reason for the European journey: Dr. Brinkley had been elected president of the Del Rio Rotary Club, and he was to represent the group at the international Rotary convention in Nice.
After leaving Del Rio in their airplane, the Brinkleys visited Aunt Mandy, who gave them some of her home-churned butter. These details are revealed in an undated letter Brinkley sent from the Queen Mary.
“Just to let you know we are all right and having a smooth sea,” Brinkley wrote. “We have the rooms used by former King Edward and his mother when they were on this ship.” Brinkley also told Aunt Mandy “Johnnie enjoyed Journeys Through Jackson Spring/Summer 2017
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your butter in the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.”
The subject of Johnnie and Aunt Mandy’s butter came up again in a postcard bearing a picture of the Notre Dame Cathedral mailed in July from Paris.
“Johnnie Boy says he is homesick for Aunt Amanda’s butter and claims yours is the best butter in the world,” Brinkley said.
On a postcard from Venice, dated June 21, 1937, that also bears a July 3 East LaPorte postmark, Brinkley wrote: “The streets here are water. You travel by boat. Love, J.R. Brinkley.”
He spent his birthday that year in Luxemburg, sending Aunt Mandy a postcard with the queen’s picture and reminding her “Today is my birthday, July 8, 1885.” Brinkley also wrote the next day on stationery from the “Hotel Kaiserhof und Augusta-Viktoria-Bad,” saying he thought she would like it as a souvenir, and adding “‘Bad’ means ‘bath’” and “Yesterday I was 52. Time flies.”
All the letters and cards are addressed simply to Mrs. Amanda (or Mrs. Mandy) Jackson, East LaPorte, North Carolina.
As mentioned above, Brinkley was a topic of interest to local newspapers all during the 1930s, and the following selection of stories reflects that fact. Reports on Brinkley’s activities were often front-page news.
Dr. John R. Brinkley in the Jackson County Journal, 1930 – 1940
(Transcribed by George Frizzell)
These are verbatim transcriptions of articles from the Jackson County Journal, a Sylva (N.C) newspaper, which often featured updates on Dr. John R. Brinkley’s life and exploits. In some cases, typesetting errors, such as in the form of repeated words or phrases, have noted at the end of the respective texts.
SEEK TO REVOKE BRINKLEY LICENSE IN MILFORD, KAN.
Jackson County Journal, May 1, 1930
Dr. John R. Brinkley, native of Jackson county, and famous goat gland specialist is under investigation out in Milford, Kansas, in an effort to revoke his license to practice medicine in the State of Kansas.
The complaint charges Dr. Brinkley with gross immorality and unprofessional conduct for the alleged perpetration of a fraud in obtaining his Kansas certificate in 1916. It also charges that he has pleaded guilty to and been sentenced on three liquor law violations at Junction City, Kansas in 1920, and that he had been placed under a 1,000 peace bond.)
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GO TO BRINKLEY TRIAL
Jackson County Journal, July 17, 1930
V.V. Hooper, Julius Painter and Robert L. Madison are in Milford, Kansas, where they have been summoned to appear in behalf of Dr. John Brinkley, in the trial in progress there, in which it is sought to deprive him of his license to practice medicine, and to stop his radio broadcasting station.
BRINKLEY GOT 185,258 VOTES
Jackson County Journal, November 20, 1930
One of the most amazing election facts in recent years was that Dr. John H. [sic] Brinkley, native of Jackson county, entering the gubernatorial race in Kansas too late to have his name printed on the ballots, received 185,258 votes for governor, to 216,138 for the Democratic candidate and 215,468 for the Republican candidate. And every man and woman who voted for Brinkley wrote his name on the ballot.
The papers of Kansas and the middle west have been busy ever since trying to figure out how Brinkley did it.
He made his chief campaign over his radio station at Milford and it was the counties in that part of the State that voted for Brinkley.
It has the politicians and the papers out that way worried. They can’t fathom it. Even William Allen White, the Emporia sage, has devoted columns of space explaining the Brinkley vote.
Said the Kansas City Star, in beginning several columns o
Journeys Through Jackson 2002 Vol.12 No.11-12
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JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.
2002 Officers
President Dorris D. Beck
Vice President L. Roy Shuler
Secretary Lynn Allen
Treasurer David C. Frizzell
Librarian Dorris D. Beck
Office Manager Peggy Q. Mason
Computer Coordinator Deanne G. Roles
Chair, Publications (Editor) R. Larry Crawford
Journeys Through Jackson is the official publication of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. Members and non-members are invited to submit
genealogical materials for publication, with the understanding that the editor reserves the right to edit these materials for genealogical content, clarity, or
taste. The Society assumes no responsibility for errors of fact that may be contained in submissions, and except where noted, the opinions expressed are
not those of the editor or of the Jackson County Genealogical Society. The Society accepts no advertising for this publication except for notices for other
non-profit groups.
From the Editor
We finish this year in the Jackson County Genealogical Society with a wide range of feelings and
emotions. In this past year alone, we have said goodbye in these pages to an unusually high number of our
friends in the Society, and we never do so without the ambivalence of loss and hope for a rewarding eternity.
For all of those families who have had their Uves touched in this way, we again offer our sympathy.
In another respect, we have had the most successful year in the history of our Society. When Tommy
Sutton, James Massingale, Thomas Kryssbek, and Paul Lindsay paid membership dues late in the year, they
pushed us over another membership record. We thank you gentlemen, one and all.
Another wonderful gift came to the Society from JCGS member Hazel Barker, and with its impetus,
the Society voted to purchase a new microfilm machine. We now have a very fine reader at the office, and
a number of donated rolls of film. The Society plans to purchase more rolls in the future, so that we may have
yet another resource for the good of our membership.
We don't live in a perfect world, nor is our group a perfect microcosm. But we will take what we have
and be grateful for the opportunity to preserve more of the history of Jackson County's families. We have
some of the most interesting meetings held in Western North Carolina, and those meetings are always well-attended.
Philosophically, we have a healthy abhorrence of both sloth and snobbery, and we work diligently
to ensure their continued absence.
May all of you have the happiest holiday ever, and may all of you renew your membership.
V i s i t u s a t o u r W e b s i t e : h t t p : / / w w w . j c n c g s . c o m/
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T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s
Expressions of Sympathy 171
JCGS Photo Album i 172 - 1 7 4
The Family of Silas a n d Eva Brooks Buchanan 175 - 1 7 9
JCGS L i b r a r y Acquisitions 180
The Descendants of A b r a h am Enloe .-. 181 - 182
First Families of Old Buncombe 183 - 1 8 5
Mystery Photos 186
The Fullbright Ancestry of Danny Jones 187 - 1 9 0
Ochre Hill C h u r c h Books 191 - 1 9 2
JCGS Membership for 2002 .-. 193-200
Where J C G S Members Live t ...; 201
Happy Holidays : ! 202
Index 203-204
In Memory
We dedicate this issue of Journeys Through Jackson to the memory of JCGS member Dave
Broom of Vader, Washington. We offer our sympathy to his wife Carol, also a JCGS
member, and to all of the members of the Broom family.
We also offer our sincere sympathy to JCGS member Christine Cole Proctor on the recent
loss of her husband Troy. Our neighbors, friends, and cousins in Swain County lost a good
one in Troy. Heaven's gain.
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We are always glad when JCGS member Carl Sutton makes a trip through Jackson County,
because he has a talent for finding (and sharing) old photographs in his family. On this page,
Benjamin Evans Buchanan and his first family. In the front row are Victoria Nancy, age 7;
Benjamin, holding Octa; Maude B., age 4. In the back are James Nathaniel, age 15; the wife
and mother, Josepha Lucille Elmore Buchanan; Emma E., age 17; William Elmer, age 11; and
Enley E., age 8.[Ed. This photograph would have been taken in 1899, since Emma (Mrs. Arthur
Allen) was born in 1882, and Octa (Mrs. Bedford Ensley) was born in 1898.]
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Carl also shares with us this picture of Benjamin -Evans Buchanan, this time with part of his
second family in the yard of the farm house. In the front are Mary Alethia (1910-1988),
Buchanan, Wade Hampton (1911-1988), second wife Carolina Buena Vista Isabelle Thompson
(1880-1955), William Roosevelt (1912-1999), and Missouri Ellener (1908-1988). The taller girl
in the back is Carrie, a daughter from the first family, 1901-1988. She would become Carrie
Buchanan Ward. Benjamin Evans Buchanan and his second wife had eight children.
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Now here is one for members to study around that winter fire. Carl Sutton relates that the man
third from the right is Leroy Sutton (1891 - 1974), son of William Allen Sutton. Carl would
like to know the identities of any of the other men, as well as the location and the type of business
pictured here. We can see what appear to be bolts of cloth, grips, other luggage on the top, an
umbrella, possibly shoeboxes. Was this a general mercantile business with dry goods. Help,
members?
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T h e F a m i l y o f S i l a s a n d E v a B r o o k s B u c h a n a n
[Ed. The following is submitted by JCGS member (and President) Dorris Dills Beck. Dorris emphasizes that she
welcomes corrections and additions to this work.]
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1850 Census, Macon County, NC Charles S. Buchanan 24 fanner b. Macon Co.
Minerva Buchanan 21 b. Macon Co.
Silas Buchanan 1 b. Macon Co.
Note: According to the family Bible, Margaret Buchanan was bom 1 Nov 1850 and died
28 Dec 1851, and therefore does not appear on airy census.
1850 Census, Haywood County, NC
1860 Census, Jackson County, NC
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Simpson H. Brooks 25 farmer
Margaret Brooks 17
C(harles) S. Buchanan 34 fanner
M(inerva) Buchanan 29
S(ilas) Buchanan 10
L(ucy) A(nn) Buchanan 8
M(artha) C(aroline) Buchanan 5
L(eander) Buchanan 4
M(ary) J(ane) Buchanan 2
W(illiam) D Buchanan 4 months
S(impson) H. Brooks 35 farmer
M(argaret) E(lizabeth) Brooks 27
E(va) E. Brooks ' 9
W(illiam) T. Brooks 6
J(ohn) W. Brooks 4
Charles Buchanan 44 farmer b. NC
Minerva Buchanan 40
Silas Buchanan 21
Lucy A.. Buchanan 18
Martha C. Buchanan 16
Leander Buchanan 14
Mary J. Buchanan 12
William Buchanan ' 10
Sarah Buchanan 8
John J. Buchanan 5
Columbus Buchanan 3
Elender (Laura E.) 1
Note: Although Silas and Eva E. Brooks were married 24 Dec 1868, he still appears in
this census with his family; however, Silas and Eva are both listed in this census in the
household of his aunt and uncle Isaac and Martha (Buchanan) Mason, with whom he had
lived through part of his childhood.
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1870 Census, Jackson County, NC
1880 Census, Jackson County, NC
Isaac Mason
Martha Mason
Silas Buchanan
Eve Buchanan
Silas Buchanan
Eva Buchanan
Martha F(lorence) Buchanan
William C. Buchanan
Sarah C(ordelia) Buchanan
Laura L(ouetta) Buchanan
Thomas J(udson) Buchanan
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1900 Census, Jackson County, NC Silas Buchanan (b. April 1848) 51 fanner
Eve E. Buchanan (b. Nov 1846) 49
Martha F(lorence) (b. Jul 1870) 29
Tolvin E(stes) (b. Jul 1879) 20
James H(arley) (b. Mar 18 82) 18
Magnolia E(lizabeth) (Apr '85) 15
Dora E. (b. Jul 1887) 12
Silas N(elson) (b. Dec 1889) 10
Hattie B.(b. Oct 1892) 8
Freddy Lee (b. Jun 1895) 4
ArthurN.(b.Aprl895) 5
Note: Arthur was the son of Martha Florence and a grandson of Silas and Eva.
Sources: United States Federal Census for Haywood County, North Carolina 1850; for Macon
County, North Carolina, 1850; for Jackson County, North Carolina, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900;
Buchanan Family Bible; Heritage of Jackson County, Vol. II.
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Silas Buchanan (2 Apr 1849-4 Oct 1905) was a son of Rev. Charles S. Buchanan (4 Feb
1826 - 31 May 1911) and Minerva Green Buchanan (17 Jun 1829 - 3 Nov 1909). His paternal
grandparents were William Ramsey Buchanan (ca 1793 - 1870) and Margaret Stiles (B. 1800).
His maternal grandparents were Silas Green and Lucena (Lucy) Sutton) Green. Silas married 24
Dec 1868 Eva E. Brooks (6 Nov 1850 - 17 Jul 1925), daughter of Simpson H. Brooks (15 Dec
1824 - 24 May 1893) and Margaret Elizabeth Panis (18 May 1833 - 27 Oct 1919). Her maternal
grandparents were William Coleman Parris and Rhoda Cunningham. Silas Buchanan and Eva,
Charles S. Buchanan and Minerva, and Simpson and Margaret Brooks are all buried in Old
Savannah Baptist Church Cemetery.
Children and Grandchildren of Silas and Eva Brooks Buchanan are the following:
Martha Florence Buchanan (18 Jun 1870-20 Feb 1928) bur. Old Savannah (no marker)
Arthur N. Buchanan (8 Apr 1894 - 14 Dec 1924) bur. Old Savannah (no marker) y
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Roy Buchanan '
V^/ Bob Buchanan (5 Sep 1907 - 24 Aug 1958) bur. Old Savannah (no marker)
William C. Buchanan (1 Jul 1872 - 12 Jan 1935) m. 6 Sep 1891 Arie (Earie) Barker (daughter
of Alfred and Ann Barker of Swain County). W.C. is buried at Old Savannah
Leila Buchanan (16 Jun 1892, Alarka,. Swain Co.) i
James Ellis Buchanan (Nov. 1893)
Doshia E. Buchanan (b. Nov. 1895) '
Walter Buchanan (31 Jul 1897 - 27 Nov 1944) (born Alarka, bur.Swain Memorial Park)
Bertha Buchanan (9 Mar 1899, Alarka)
Silas A. Buchanan (11 Jun 1901, Alarka)
Maggie Buchanan (2 Feb 1903, Swain County)
Orpha Buchanan (27 Feb 1912 - 7 Sep 1927) buried Old Savannah-
Bert Buchanan
Lassie Buchanan
Etta Buchanan
Artie Buchanan
Sarah Cordelia Buchanan (22 Mar 1874- 19 Nov 1936)'m. 27 Aug 1892-Robert Wesley
Green (23 Sep 1875 - 24 Feb. 1954) Buried Old Savannah '
Ollie Vesta Green (4 Jun 1893 - 15*JuM920) (bur. Old Sava)inah) m. 9 Aug 1914 Jesse
Grady Dills
Laura BeUe Green (8 Dec 1894-21 Feb 1978) m. Jack Wykle (19 Feb 1895 - 23 Feb
1979) Both buried Old Savannah '
Prudence Kathryn Green (14 Oct 1896 - 14 Nov 1896) (Buried Old Savannah, no
* j marker)
^ Lorenie Matilda Green (8 Sep 1897 - 11 Dec 1963) m. Kelse Jason McMahan (5 Mar
1895-2 Aug 1974) (Both buried Watauga Baptist Church Cemetery, Macon County)
Martha AHetha (Mattie) Green (8 Jan 1900 - 22 Apr 1987) m. 23 Jun 1918 #1 Gaither
Morgan; m. 2 Jan 1932 #2 Frank Trantham (2 Sep 1 9 0 8 - 1 9 May 1980), son of Estes
and Iva Lee Buchanan Trantham. Mattie and Frank are buried at-Old Savannah.
Thaddeus Austin Green (2 Aug 1 9 0 2 - 6 Dec 1973) m. 10 Sep 1922 Beulah Elba
Cagle (25 May 1 9 0 5 - 6 Sep 1976) daughter of Burder" and Mattie Sutton Cagle. Austin
and Beulah are buried at Old Savannah. I
Gracie Ellen Green (10 Nov 1 9 0 4 - 3 Apr 1994) m. 26 Feb 1921 Jesse Grady Dills (1
Aug 1891 - 29 Aug 1945) (his'm. #2) , son of Marcus Lafayette and Lydia Caroline
Sutton Dills. Gracie and Jesse are buried at Cullowhee Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mary Magdalene Green (26 Mar 1907 - 28 Mar 1907) Buried Old Savannah, no marker
Dorothy Evelyn Green (27 May 1 9 0 8 - 9 Oct 1990) m. John Nicholson ( 1 9 0 8 - 5 Apr
2000) son of John Allan and Tina Walker Nicholson. Dorothy and John are buried at
Hollywood Cemetery, Gastonia, NC.
Fannie Lovonia Green (5 Sep 1910) - 19 Feb 1995) m. 7Mar 1931 Otis Steve Byrd
(25 Aug 1911 - 26 Apr 1985) son of George Lee and Elizabeth Johnson Byrd. Lovonia
and Otis are buried at Harlem Memorial Cemetery, Harlem, GA.
Silas Homer Washington Green (22 Feb 1913 - 29 Jun 1979) m. Kathleen Bryson (28
Jun 1917 - 25 Dec 2000), daughter of John Franklin and Delia Mae Stevens Bryson.
Homer and Kathleen are buried at Fairview Memorial Gardens, Sylva, >JC.
Annie Rozelle Green (20 Apr 1915-28 Jun 1978) m. Joseph Hobert Chambers (9 Jan
1906 - 22 Apr 1971). Both are buried at Crawford Memorial Gardens, Clyde, NC.
L ^ Otho Wesley Green (11 Jul 1918 - 18 Oct 1922) Buried Old Savannah
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Laura Louetta Buchanan (10 Aug 1 8 7 5 - 2 Aug 1951) m. Clingman Lewis Green (28 Nov
1867 - 1 Jan 1959). Both are buried in Greens Creek Cemetery.
Grover Cleveland Green (13 Jan 1893 - 10 Dec 1994) m. #1 Daisy Buchanan. Grover
died at age 101, buried in Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, TX.
Dewey Benjamin Green (3 Oct 1898 - 13 Aug 1973) m. Gracie Trantham (5 Mar
1910 - 14 Jan 1994) daughter of Estes and Iva Lee Buchanan Trantham. Dewey and
Gracie are buried in Greens Creek Cemetery.
Wiley Ray Green (23 Oct 1900-21 Feb 1987) never married. Buried Greens Creek
Cemetery.
David E. Green (22 Mar 1902-7 Feb 1958) Buried Greens Creek Cemetery.
Eva Green (25 Jul 1904 - 31 Aug 1972) m. Lloyd David Keener (20 Jan 1890 - ) Both
are buried in Lovedale Baptist Church Cemetery.
Lula Green (1906 - 1983) m. Theodore R. Brooks (1904 - 1986), son of Varn Brooks.
Lula and Theodore are buried in Pine Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mary Ethel Green (7 Dec 1908 - 12 Apr 1985) m. Gus P. Cochran (16 Apr 1895 - 5
Jul 1979). Both are buried in Greens Creek Cemetery.
Lucy Green (22 Feb 1910 - ) m. Spurgeon Buchanan (9 Jun 1909 - 22 Oct 1977), son
of Valley Buchanan. Spurgeon is buried in Greens Creek Cemetery.
Leoma Green (26 Jan 1912 - 20 Mar 1986) never married. Buried Greens Creek
Cemetery.
Ferry Green (7 Jun 1918 - ) m. 15 Jul 1954 Inez Brooks
Octie Green (30 Aug 1921 - ) m. B. Holmes Allison (18 Jan 1 9 1 2 - 2 2 Aug 1979)
Buried Greens Creek Cemetery.
Lenore Green (d. 28 Apr 1943) m. Nell Trantham. Lenore is buried in Greens Creek
Cemetery.
Lennie Green
Thomas Judson Buchanan (3 Dec 1877 - 30 Jan 1961) m. #1 Ada Barker, daughter of Alfred
and Ann Barker of Swain County. M #2 (Jul 1913) Florence Dills (17 Feb 1884 - 30 Nov 1962),
daughter of William W. and Anna Rogers Dills. Jud and Florence are buried at Old Savannah.
Fannie Buchanan (d. 19 Sep 1989, Canton, NC) m. Herbert Reynolds
Lizzie Buchanan m. Weaver Nations
Coy Lee Buchanan (4 Feb 1903 - 1 Feb 1978) Died in Virginia
Edith Irene Buchanan (21 Sep 1914-4 Mar 1996) m. 10 Mar 1935 Jesse Elbert
Carnes (24 Jul 1913-16 Jan 1999) son of Cance Davis and Lottie Ellen Gibson Carnes.
Edith and Elbert are buried in Franklin (Long Branch) Cemetery.
Winnie Eloise Buchanan (26 Nov 1916-15 Dec 1916
Johnny Buchanan (born and died 30 Dec 1917)
Nora Birdell Buchanan (6 Jun 1919 - ) m. Edd Cope (10 Sep 1907 - 18 Jun 1995)
Buried Old Savannah
Gertrude Ethel Buchanan (13 Jan 1925 - ) m. 22 Sep 1946 Joseph Russell Lambert
(27 Nov 1925 - 17 Nov 1949) Buried Bethel Cemetery, Cherokee.
Tolvin Estes Buchanan (16 Jul 1879 - 1918) m. Lydia Hutchins (9 May 1887-31 Dec 1938),
daughter of Franklin Pierce and Mary Tabor Hutchins.
Dora Elvira Buchanan (4 May 1904 - ) m. William Newt Shuler
Robert Leroy Buchanan (11 Nov 1906 - ) m. #1 Joann McGee; m. #2 Sarah Baker
Fred G. Buchanan (19 Mar 1908 - ) m. #1 Winnie McGee; m. #2 Lodella Haynes
Buenia Vesta Buchanan (16 Mar 1912 - ) m. Clyde Chambers
Essie Nervina Buchanan (22 Dec 1914 - ) m. Hoyt Scarborough
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Norman Estes Buchanan (22 Mar 1916 - 1 Jan 1966) m. Rpby Estella Davis (30 Mar
W 1911 - )
James Harley Buchanan (27 Mar 1882-5 Mar 1943) m. #1(20 Sep 1903) Mary Trantham (d.
15 Aug 1921) No children. M. #2 Elba Brooks (27 Aug 1906 - 14 Feb 2002)
Floyd Ray Buchanan (16. Jul 1925-2 Oct 1944)
George Buchanan (6 Apr 1927 - ) m. 12 Jun 1953 Hazel Harkins (27 Sep 1931 - )
Sarah Azilee Buchanan (1 Jul 1929 - )-m. Ralph Henry Buchanan (10 Dec 1921 - 1
Jul 2002), son of Verlon and Laura Cloer Buchanan. Ralph is' buried in Georgia
Memorial Park. .
Elizabeth Magalene Buchanan (Maggie) (4 Sep 1933 - ) m. James Roy Cabe (3 Jan
1933 - 28 Dec 1976), son of Lyndon and Hattie Rickman Cabe. Roy is buried at Old
Savannah. »
Mary Carolyn Buchanan (4 Aug 1935 - ) m. Henry Clarence Moore (28 Jul 1928 - ),
son of Claude and Dorothy Beasley Moore.
Annie Dee Buchanan (5 Mar 1938 - ) m. Lester Conley Waldroop, Jr. (29 Apr 1930 -
2 Sep 1989) i
Roberta Buchanan (-14 Apr 1942 - ) m. Ted Eugene Crawford (29 Jul 1939 - ) , son of
James Alvin and Olive Stewart Crawford I
Magnolia Elizabeth Buchanan (13 Apr11885 -^ 8 Apr 1973) m. Lee C. Estes (14 Mar 1878 - 20
Aug 1965) No children. Both are-buried at Old Savannah.
Dora E. Buchanan (16 Jul 1 8 8 8 - 7 Jun 1941) m. James Arthur Allman (17 Mar 1884 - 23
Feb 1976), son of Polk and Elizabeth Stillwell Allman. Dora and Arthur are buried in Stillwell
L . Cemetery.
W William Polk'Allman (1909 - 8, Jan, 1987) m. Maude .Roland (d. 28 Nov 1995),
daughter of William G. and Maggie Hall Roland
Silas Nelson Buchanan (6 Dec 1 8 8 9 - 9 May 1955) m. 3 Jul 1913 Sallie Anna Sutton (13 Mar
1889 - 20 Oct 1980). Both are buried at Old Savannah.
Edith Buchanan (2 Jul 1914 - ) m. 19-Mar 1934 Perry Hall (9 Apr 1910 - 4 Jan 1993),
son of Sharm and Estella Childers Hall-. Perry is buried at Old Savannah.
Eva Cordelia Buchanan ( 2 May 1917-22 May 1917)
Clifford Weaver (Bill) Buchanan (6>Dec 1918 - 6 Jul 1961) m. Edith Cabe (24 Feb
1924 - ) , daughter of Candler T. and Pearl Hall Cabe. Bill is buried at Old Savannah.
James Ralph Buchanan (22 Mar 1921-20 Feb 1988) never married.
Willa Mae Buchanan (22 Jan 1923 - ) m. Claude Grover Green (22 Feb 1922 - 8 Mar
1987), son of Walter and Mattie Bell Green.
Silas Vester Buchanan {27 Dec 1924 - ) lives Crescent City, CA.
Ida Mae Buchanan (18 Sep 1927- 22 Dec 1999) m. #lk Jerry Mooney; m.#2'Edsel
Quinn
Hattie B. Buchanan (1 Oct 1892 - 29 Mar 1980),m. 19 Nov 1919 Hershel J. Hall (7 Dec 1888
- 10 Jul 1971) Both are buried ait Old Savannah.
Charlie Craton Hall (bom and died 12 Dec 1921)
Lessie Mae Hall (15 Aug 1925)m. Don Franks (1925 - 1984) Buried Old Savannah
Bessie Lee Hall (9 Nov ,1928 - )
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Watts, Jim
Lindsey, David
Sherman, Robert M.
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Colket, Meredith B.
Stevens, Mildred
Kerstens, Elizabeth
Wike, Monte and Noma
Johnson, Richard S.
Tillman, Norma M.
Davis, Burke
Lunsford, William T.
Clift, G. Glenn
Eshleman, H. Frank
Richards, H.M.M.
Wykle, William B.
Peters, E. Ann H.
Hooper, Ben W.
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Generations: Your Family in
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Mayflower Families Through Five
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Guide to Genealogical Records in
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All of Me From AtoZ
1995-96 APG Directory of
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The Heritage of Catawba County,
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The Wike Family: Descendants of
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[Ed. We conclude in this issue with the Enloe work of JCGS member PJeggy Queen Mason.]
43. L u c i u s ARTHUR5 ENLOE (WILLIAM ASAPH (ACE/*, BENJAMIN MATTISON3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY1) was born
1876. He married PAULINE DEWEESE.
Child of Lucius ENLOE and PAULINE DEWEESE is:
i. GLENN ROBERT6 ENLOE, b. December 20,1911.
44. HERBERT C.5 ENLOE (WILLIAM ASAPH (ACE)*, BENJAMIN MATTISON3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY1) was born 1892.
He married ANNE COCHRAN. She was bom 1895.
Child of HERBERT ENLOE and ANNIE COCHRAN is:
i. JUDSON HAMOND6 ENLOE, b. February 25,1927.
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45. GERTRUDE5 DILLS (ALICE MINERVA* ENLOE, WESLEY MATTHEW3, ABRAHAM2, ANTHONY*) was b om July 08,
1885, and died November 27, 1948. She married ERNEST LYNDON MCKEE August 19, 1913. He was born
September 11, 1871, and died October 06, 1952. ,
Notes for GERTRUDE DILLS:
Gertrude Dills McKee was a pioneer woman in North Carolina politics, being the first woman ever elected to the
North Carolina Sena
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