Mauldin-Foster Marriage Announcement

Mauldin-Foster  marriage announcement in The Summerville News (citing The Dalton Argus):

"Squire Andy Mauldin, the father of Will W. Mauldin, was married in Trickum, Thursday morning, to the Widow Foster. 'Squire Mauldin is approaching the eightieth mile  post on the journey of life, and Mrs. Foster is in the forties. The Argus wishes the couple much happiness.—Dalton Argus."

Clipping

[Source]: Mauldin-Foster  marriage announcement in "Local Items," The Summerville News  (Summerville, Chattooga, Georgia) 1896-current, Wed., 09 June 1897, page 5 (digital image 5), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Georgia Public Library Service, University System of Georgia.
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053933/1897-06-09/ed-1/seq-5/print/image_578x817_from_2899,5190_to_3822,6494/
(29 January 2022). 

Wright and Claiborne Marriage Announcement

Wright-Claiborn Marriage Announcement, The Dalton Argus

"Mr. A. W. Wright of Atlanta and Miss Lucy Claiborn, Tunnel Hill were married, Thursday evening by Dr. Cooper." 

[Source]: Wright-Claiborn (untitled) in The Dalton Argus (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) Saturday, 14 November 1891, page 5 (col. 2, below the fold). 

Claiborne and Davis Marriage Announcement

Claiborne-Davis Marriage Announcement (untitled) in The Dalton Argus, 1890:

[Quote]:
"Mr. Wesley D. Claiborne gained a brilliant prize unto himself in his marriage to Miss Venie Davis one of Tunnel Hill's most charming daughters, on last Sabbath at the residence of brides father, Capt. Charley Davis."

[Source]: Claiborne-Davis Marriage Announcement (untitled) in The Dalton Argus (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 18??-????, Saturday, 12 April 1890, page 5 (digital image 5), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Georgia Public Library Service, University System of Georgia.
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053937/1890-04-12/ed-1/seq-5/print/image_526x817_from_190,3070_to_1010,4343/
(3 February 2022). 

Suddeth-Osborn Marriage Announcement, Ellijay

Marriage Announcement in The Dalton Argus, citing the Ellijay Times

[Quote]: "Rufus Suddeth and Miss Georgia Osborn were married at the home of the bride at Dyke last Sunday 26th, ult., Rev. Sam Jones officiating."

[Source]: Osborn-Suddeth Marriage Announcement in "Gilmer County" (column), The Dalton Argus (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 18??-????, Saturday, 15 February 1902, page 5 (digital image 5), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Georgia Public Library Service, University System of Georgia.
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053937/1902-02-15/ed-1/seq-5/print/image_509x817_from_3505,428_to_4717,2370/
(accessed 26 January 2022).

D. C. Sutton Escapes from Jail, 1878

D. C. Sutton Escapes, September 1878

D. C. Sutton, charged with bigamy, and several other prisoners, escape from jail by sawing through the bars.

Article

[Reference]: D. C. Sutton in untitled, The Field and Fireside (Marietta, Cobb, Georgia) 1877-18??, 12 September 1878, page 3 (digital image 3), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Georgia Public Library Service, University System of Georgia.
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053962/1878-09-12/ed-1/seq-3/print/image_574x817_from_935,2191_to_2409,4288/
(accessed 23 January 2022).

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Another article about the escape, this one with a description of D. C. Sutton:

Article

[Extract]: 

Age: 45 years
5'9"
125 lbs.
Heavy beard on face (sandy color)
Small, black eyes
(Clothing described)

Escapee is from Chattooga County, formerly of Walker County

[Reference]: D. C. Sutton in Columbus Daily Enquirer-Sun (Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia) 1877-1886, 12 September 12, 1878, page 3 (digital image 3), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Georgia Public Library Service, University System of Georgia.
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn84024798/1878-09-12/ed-1/seq-3/print/image_592x817_from_17,3706_to_755,4725/
(accessed 23 January 2022).

D. C. Sutton of Summerville in Bigamy Case, 1878

D. C. Sutton, of Summerville, Chattooga, Georgia, (formerly of Walker County, Georgia, and before that, of Marietta, and of Chattanooga) was charged with bigamy. According to the article, his name, originally, was A. D. Sutton, of Marietta. He had married a Miss Lena Young on 5 December 1875 at the Episcopal Church in Marietta. He and his wife left that day for Chattanooga. "Afterward, Mrs. Sutton, strange to say, entered the Columbia (Tenn.) College as a student, and her liege lord left her, reporting that he intended to return to the United States Coast Survey party near Sand Mountain, Alabama."
    Mrs. Sutton stayed in college a few months and returned home to her parents. Her husband sent word that he would come home, but never did. His wife received a letter saying her husband had been murdered on Sand Mountain.
    Later, according to the complaint, a man named D. C. Sutton, who fit the description of the woman's  husband, was found living in Lafayette, Walker, Georgia, married to another woman.
    Cobb County court filed suit against him for bigamy. D. C. Sutton denied that he was A.D. Sutton, but "submitted to arrest and gave the necessary bail." 

Case called: Tuesday, Marietta. Sutton appeared with a number of witnesses. Defendant claimed mistaken identity. Case continued till next term; defendant paid $1,000 and $500 for the new bills (against him). He returned to Chattooga County, "where in the last month he moved his family from Walker County."
   "If Sutton establishes his innocence this case will rival that of the two Dromios in the play."

Article

[Source]: D. C. Sutton in "Is He a Bigamist or Not?" (citing the Marietta Journal), The Macon Telegraph and Messenger (Macon, Macon, Georgia) 1873-188?, 24 March 1878, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Georgia Public Library Service, University System of Georgia.
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85038493/1878-03-24/ed-1/seq-2/print/image_605x817_from_2627,4577_to_4713,7393/
(accessed 23 January 2022). 

Russell and Crawford Marriage (Elopement)

[Article in Dalton Argus, 1903]

"Interesting Marriage Becomes Known"

   "Mrs. Crawford, of Morganton, Ga.,  visited friends in the city this week enroute to Murray county for a visit to her mother and other relatives.  

   "Mrs. Crawford is pleasantly remembered here as Miss Ethel Russell and the news of her marriage to Mr. Crawford, which occurred recently at the college in Morganton, where both were attending school, a Gretna Green affair, will interest a wide circle of friends here."

   [Source: "Interesting Marriage Becomes Known," Dalton Argus (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia), Sat., 27 June 1903, page 1.  https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053937/1903-06-27/ed-1/seq-1/print/image_574x817_from_3437%2C5105_to_4223%2C6223/  accessed January 2022. The Georgia Historic Newspapers database, Georgia Public Library Service, University System of Georgia.]

    

Corresponding Event: Marriage: 12 April 1903, , Fannin, Georgia. (Unsourced note)

Genealogy Notes: 

Oscar Hankerson Crawford

Birth: 1883, Morganton, Fannin, Georgia

Cora Ethel Russell

Birth: 1886, Talking Rock, Pickens, Georgia

Green, Freeland, Manis

Mrs. Tinie Maines of Murray Co. and mother, Lizzie Freeland: 

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034046/1910-09-22/ed-1/seq-2/print/image_627x817_from_2759,6974_to_3679,8171/

Green-Manus (Freeland related) marriage: 

[Quote]: 'Mr. Jeff Green and Miss Lula Manus, of Murray, were quietly married a few days ago. I wish for these young people a pleasant journey through life.' [Source]: Untitled item, in 'Beaverdale,' /North Georgia Citizen/ (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, Thurs., 29 Oct. 1914, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (Galileo). https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034046/1914-10-29/ed-1/seq-2/print/image_603x817_from_2417,1799_to_3203,2863/ (clipping ; page accessed 15 March 2020).

Springer-Guy Marriage - Dalton, Georgia

Springer-Guy Marriage Announcement

[Note: Cross-Reference, county court records, show the marriage date of September 6th, not 7th; so, either I picked up the license date, or the news item arrived the day before, and was published without regard of the date.]

Subject: Springer-Guy Marriage Announcement 

Husband/Groom: Harry H. Guy 

Wife/Bride: Miss Nettie Springer

Date and Time: Thurs., 07 Sept. 1899, 7:00 a.m. 

Place: 'North Dalton, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Springer, parents of the bride' [Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia] 

Officiator: Rev. J.V.M. Morris 

Music: Mendelsohn's Wedding March 

Musician: Miss Willie Durham 

Bride's Attire: 'a becoming traveling suit of brown covert cloth' 

Bride's Residence/Home Town: Dalton [Whitfield, Georgia] 

Groom's Residence: [not stated] 

Honeymoon Destination: Cincinnati, [Hamilton, Ohio] 

Mode of Transportation: [train, Southern Railway] 'north bound Southern' 

Future Residence: Celina, [Mercer], Ohio (after September 10) 

Invitations Sent To: 'her Sunday school class'; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Bender; Mr. and Mrs. Morris; Mr. and Mrs. Lake Quillian; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Springer; Messrs. Walter Clark, Claude Henry, W. H. Holbrook; Misses Kate Deck, Greenie Burson, Mary Blanton, Sara Cannon, Willie and Maggie Durham, Jennie, Allie, and Myrtle Springer and F. T. Reynolds; Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Durham. 

[Source]: Springer-Guy Marriage Announcement, 'Married This Morning,' /North Georgia Citizen/ (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, Thurs., 07 September 1899, page 1 (digital image 1), 

Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (Gallileo), clipping ; full page accessed 08 Mar. 2020.

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034046/1899-09-07/ed-1/seq-1/print/image_577x817_from_1380,3288_to_3431,6190/ 

Boger Marriage Announcement, Dade County, Georgia

[Quote]: 'Mr. Ernest Boger, of Chattanooga 

, and Miss Willie Castleberry of this place, were married on Sunday, January 19, at the  Cave Springs church, J. M. Cantrell of Rising Fawn, performing the ceremony.' 

[Source]: Untitled item, Boger-Castleberry marriage announcement in 'Cave Springs,' /Dade County Sentinel/ (Trenton, Dade, Georgia) 1901-1908, Fri., 31 January  1908, page 3 (digital image 3), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (Gallileo). https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053748/1908-01-31/ed-1/seq-3/print/image_617x817_from_4809,5920_to_5780,7205/ (accessed 06 Mar. 2020).

John A. Yates and Lizzie O'Neal, Whiteside, Marion County, Tennessee - Bridal Tour, 1903-1904

Lizzie O'Neal and John A. Yates

Bridal Tour
Dade County Sentinel (Georgia) 

Friday, 01 January 1904, page 2

[Quote from Dade County Sentinel, 1904]: 

"Mr. John Yates and bride--nee Miss Lizzie O'Neal--are at home to their friends, after an extended 'bridal tour' through the South." 

[Source]: 

Lizzie O'Neal and John A. Yates (untitled item about Bridal Tour) in ''Our News From Various Towns: Whiteside, Tennessee" (dtd. Whiteside, Tenn., Dec. 29), /Dade County Sentinel/ (Trenton, Dade, Georgia) 1901-1908, Friday, 01 January 1904, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (GALILEO). https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053748/1904-01-01/ed-1/seq-2/print/image_647x817_from_1281,4314_to_2257,5546/ (clipping; full page accessed 15 November 2020 by D.K. Pritchett). 

Gus Franklin, Sheriff, Bartow County, Georgia: a Fall and a Wedding

Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall...

In 1874, Gus Franklin, the sheriff of Bartow County, had a great fall. Could there be more?

The Standard and Express 

Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia

Untitled, 21 October 1874, page 3 

"We learn that Gus. Franklin, a very worthy citizen, fell from his door, last night, and was very seriously hurt. We are glad to learn, however, that his injuries are not mortal." 

For a genealogist, this tidbit from a Cartersville newspaper tantalizes the imagination. It hints at a great story--but alas, the true story may never be known. 

At face value, the story is simple: a man fell and got hurt. The end. The intrigue is in some other known facts, that may or may not have some bearing on the story. 

"Gus" Franklin is Augustus Montgomery Franklin, a long-time sheriff of Bartow County, Georgia. On the same day that he fell, A. M. Franklin's daughter, Alice, married a mystery man, James M. Cook. There was no prior marriage announcement in any local papers, as far as we could find. 

Since A. M. Franklin fell on the night of his daughter's marriage, the opportunity for speculation is rich. Did the sheriff partake of one too many cups of wedding punch? Did a violent scrap take place at the wedding? Was there, perhaps, a shotgun wedding? Or did Daddy discover an elopement in progress, and half break his neck running to catch the fleeing lovers?

The intrigue is only deepened by events that occurred later on; for, in 1877, James M. Cook sued for divorce from Alice Cook. Without any further insight into the court case, we only have some dry, terse Superior Court minutes to go by. Three brief items were published in the paper--the 1877 complaint by James (denied; that verdict went in favor of Alice); and two 1879 items, in which Alice herself sued for, and was granted, a divorce from her husband. 

Thinking back to the wedding-night accident--did Alice's father know then that the groom was an unsuitable fellow, that the marriage would be an unhappy one? And in 1877, when James's suit for divorce apparently failed, did James run off anyhow, leaving Alice to struggle on her own, give up, and eventually sue for desertion? Or did the couple bear with it, stumbling along unhappily for two more years until Alice finally agreed to go to court? It will forever remain an enigma. 

In 1880, Alice Cook, divorced, is back at home with Dad. James, her ex-husband, is nowhere to be found--or at least, no longer seems to be in Cartersville and is unidentifiable in census. It doesn't appear that any children were born to the couple. 

James M. Cook has a common name, so identifying him in census is so far impossible. The ones who seem to fit best are either married to someone else when James should be single; had already moved to a faraway state by 1874; or are living in some other county and don't have any characteristics to distinguish them from all the other eligible James Cooks.

[Source for Quote]: 

Gus. Franklin (untitled item) in "City and County," The Standard and Express (Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia) 1871-1875, 21 October 1874, page 3 (digital image 3), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (GALILEO). https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034018/1874-10-21/ed-1/seq-3/print/image_647x817_from_204,6363_to_1047,7427/ (accessed 10 November 2020 by D.K. Pritchett). 

Marriage Announcements from North Georgia Citizen, August 17, 1899

Marriage Announcements from the North Georgia Citizen
Published in Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia
August 17, 1899

[QUOTED ARTICLE]: 

Love Laughs at Locksmiths.

Cupid Cuts Many Capers and Gives Parents the Ha Ha.

   As was hinted at in last week's Citizen another series of Gretna Greens took place since last we went to press. 

   Judge Bogle has issued License to several parties, who lost no time to avail themselves of the opportunities expressed in his commissions. 

   Sunday afternoon the W. & A. train coming down from Chattanooga brought "two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one"--Mr. Will Dilbeck and Miss Alice Langston who gave the parents of the bride the grand oriental shake, and accompanied by Messrs. Pritchett and C. H. West drove hastily over to Judge Bogle, who furnished the license and tied the Gordian knot. The bride is sister to Mr. Langston, who married Miss Nancy Perry Wednesday night.

   Sam Finley and Miss Mae Moulton came next, and at 9 o'clock Sunday night sought the kindly offices of Judge Bogle, who endowed them with the holy bonds of matrimony. 

   Walter Springfield went down to Lindale Sunday and married Miss Carrie Phillips. 

   Last Friday night Mr. R. W. Manning married Miss Florence Wilson in North Dalton, Rev. J. V. M. Morris performing the ceremony. It was a week of marriage and giving in marriage, and reminded the scribe of Hellena's couplet in Midsummer Nights Dream: 

 "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; 

  And therefore is wing'd cupid painted blind." 

__________________________________________

SOURCE OF PUBLICATION:  

Database: Georgia Historic Newspapers 

Archive Period: 1868-1924

Library: Digital Library of Georgia (GALILEO) 

Publication Title: North Georgia Citizen

Publication Place: Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia

Publication Date: Thurs., 17 August 1899

Page 1 (corresponds to digital image 1) 

Subject: Marriage Announcements (Humorous, Elopements) 

Article Title: "Love Laughs at Locksmiths"

Subtitle: "Cupid Cuts Many Capers and Gives Parents the Ha Ha." 

Clipping URL: https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034046/1899-08-17/ed-1/seq-1/print/image_574x817_from_1947,834_to_6085,6713/ 

Full page accessed 03 October 2020

Transcript by: D.K. Pritchett 

Citation: 

"Love Laughs at Locksmiths," North Georgia Citizen (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, Thurs., 17 August 1899, page 1 (digital image 1), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (GALILEO). https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034046/1899-08-17/ed-1/seq-1/print/image_574x817_from_1947,834_to_6085,6713/ (clipping; full page accessed 03 October 2020 by D.K. Pritchett). 

Surnames: Dilbeck, Langston, Pritchett (witness), West (witness), Bogle (judge), Perry, Finley, Moulton, Springfield, Phillips, Manning, Wilson, Morris (Reverend).

Wedding Announcement of Raymond Bell and Mattie Headrick, 1910, Walker County Messenger

Wedding Announcement of Raymond Bell and Mattie Headrick
Walker County, Georgia

Humorous wedding announcement.

Well, Billy, on Thursday of last week I was trying to rake and haul hay and there was some dissatisfaction about the way some folks were living. So I was summoned up to Bro. J. E. Headrick's home and I went with wagon and hay frames and met Mr Raymond Bell, of High Point, armed with the necessary papers fresh from the Ordinary of Walker county, and in a very brief space of time I settled all their dissatisfaction between him and Miss Mattie Headrick, the oldest daughter of Bro. Headrick, and they left for Chattanooga man and wife. May supreme happiness be their lot through life and never a trouble cross their path. Mr. Bell semed to be a very nice young man. I have known Miss Mattie all her life. She is a charming bright young woman that any young man ought to be proud of.

(It goes own about hopes for the future, etc.)

Citation:
'Bro. Coley Officiates at Another Wedding Boosting the Fair,' in 'Confederate X-Roads' (column), \Walker County Messenger (Lafayette, Walker, Georgia), Friday, 14 October 1910 (online via Galileo). Since the wedding occurred 'Thursday of last week,' that was probably October 6th.

Note: So far, I cannot find the marriage on Family Search.

Josephine Gilbert marriages: David Butram, 1876; and John Emery, 1880. Families of Dekalb County, Tennessee

Facts and Conclusions used to define Josephine Gilbert (Family Search PID 2MGB-G4Z), as of 16 Sept. 2018.

Name: Josephine Gilbert, added 30 May 2012 by FamilySearch.

Birth: 1858, De Kalb, Tennessee, United States, added 30 May 2012 by FamilySearch.

Parents added 26 April 2012 by FamilySearch.

Mother: Emaline Hester Bryant

Father: Joseph W. Gilbert

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First Marriage, to David Burtrum, modified 27 April 2012 by FamilySearch. Merged, at some point, with the PID of a record used to create the PID.

MARRIAGE 1: JOSEY GILBERT and DAVID BURTRUM

Josey Gilbert, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

Indexed Information (alt., bride-specific):

Name: Josey Gilbert
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 12 Aug 1876
Event Place: DeKalb, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Female
Spouse's Name: David Burtrum
Spouse's Gender: Male

Citation: "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, /FamilySearch/ - (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-FCV4 : 30 November 2017), David Burtrum and Josey Gilbert, 12 Aug 1876; citing DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 593,050.
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BIRTH AND DEATH OF FIRST HUSBAND, DAVID BUTRAM
Added 16 Sep 2018 by user, SouthernMuse (D.K. Pritchett).

(concluded to be the same individual as David Burtrum who married Josey Gilberts, from the record above).

David Butram in the Federal Mortality Census Schedule, 1880

Page 543 (original page 1), Line 37 (indexed as Line 38): David Butram (with "t" uncrossed), aged 30, married white male, deceased. Birth: est. 1849, Tennessee. Both parents born in Tennessee. Death: Dec. 1879, , Dekalb, Tennessee (of Typhoid Fever). Number of months residing in county, not stated.

Source Citation: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 28; Census Year: 1879; Census Place: District 9, DeKalb, Tennessee; Page: 543, Line 37 (indexed as Line 38).

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MARRIAGE 2: JOSIE BUTRAM and JOHN EMERY
added 16 Sep 2018 by user, SouthernMuse (D.K. Pritchett).

Josie Butram: (concluded to be Josie Gilbert Butram; that is, Josie Gilbert, who married David Burtram, from “Marriage 1,” the record at the top of this page).

Josie Butram, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

Indexed Information (alt., bride-specific):

Name: Josie Butram
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 20 Jan 1880
Event Place: DeKalb, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Female
Spouse's Name: John Emery
Spouse's Gender: Male

Citation: "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, /FamilySearch/ (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-FQGY : 30 November 2017), John Emery and Josie Butram, 20 Jan 1880; citing DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 593,050.
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CENSUS CONFIRMATION OF SECOND MARRIAGE:

Census confirmation exists (below) for conclusion of Josey (Gilbert) Butram's second marriage to John Emery (Embry), noting that Thomas Butram is the stepson of John Emery.

Josie Embry in the United States Census, 1880

Name: Josie Embry
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Civil District 11, De Kalb, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: Keeps House
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1860
Birthplace: Tennessee, United States
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee, United States
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee, United States
Sheet Letter: D
Sheet Number: 98
Person Number: 1
Volume: 1

Household (Role, Relationship, Sex, Age, Birth State, Birth Country):

John Embry, Self, Male, 25, Tennessee, United States
Josie Embry, Wife, Female, 20, Tennessee, United States
Thomas Butram, Stepson, Male, 1, Tennessee, United States

William Houston Dunn, of Cisco, Murray County, Georgia; Son of Joseph Perry Dunn, and Husband of Sarah Ann Elizabeth Pritchett

William Houston Dunn, of Murray County, Georgia

Son of Joseph Perry Dunn and Nancy (Patty) Dunn

Husband of Sarah Ann Elizabeth "Sallie" Pritchett

William H. Dunn married Sallie Pritchett on 15 Aug 1896, Murray County, Georgia
(Murray County Marriage Book VI, page 270).

Citation:
"Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWCW-CJG : 11 February 2018), William H. Dunn and Sallie Pritchett, 15 Aug 1896; citing , Murray, Georgia; FHL microfilm 382,547.

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(Pampy) Huse Dunn is mentioned in list of Perry Dunn's children, written in 1986 by his cousin Esther (Headrick) Pritchett, who was A.L.B. (Dunn) Headrick's daughter. The other children of Perry and Nancy are Liz, Martha Noblett, Rhoda, Levi, and Susan Green. She further identified Huse (Pampy) as the father of Cleo Dunn, and went on to mention Cleo's children.

My own note: Cleo Patra Dunn, daughter of "Huse" Dunn (also called "Pampy" by Esther), married Andy Caylor. After he died, she married Esther's brother, Samuel Wesley "Wes" Headrick.

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W.H. Dunn is listed in a deed of the J.P. Dunn land (where A.L.B. Headrick, M.E. Noblett, S.A. Green, and L.P. Dunn are also listed). (Murray Co., Georgia, Deed Book X, page 579. Deeded 11 October 1905 to W.H. Dunn. Recorded 28 Dec. 1908). 

This land can be traced back to Susannah P. Dunn (she is Susannah Parman, who married Daniel Dunn).

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The obituary helps identify which W.H. Dunn this is. Notice that the names of his siblings are the same names mentioned in the deed, above, and in Granny's list of Perry and Nancy's children.

Obituary of W.H. Dunn:
The Chatsworth Times, Chatsworth, Murray, Georgia
Published Thursday, 9 January 1947

W.H. Dunn, Cisco, Dies at Home
    W. H. Dunn, 76, passed away at his home near Cisco Thursday morning, January 2. He is survived by four daughters; Mrs. D. C. Hannah and Mrs. F. T. Hayes, both of Chattanooga, Tenn. two sons, Pat and James Dunn, of Cisco; 18 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
    Funeral services were held from Calvary Baptist Church Saturday morning at 10 o'clock with Rev. Sam Melton and Rev. Winfrey Crider officiating. Burial was in the Calvary cemetery with Kenemer Brothers in charge.

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On the death certificate of Beulah Dunn (died 9 Aug. 1930 at age 19), the parents are listed as Huse Dunn, of Murray Co., Ga., and Sally "Rritchett," of Murray Co., Ga. (sloppy handwriting--mother's surname should be "Prichett.") The informant is Huse Dunn, of Cisco, Ga.

On the death certificate of Clara Hannah (died 23 Mar 1955, Chattanooga), the parents are Huston Dunn and Sarah Pritchett.

William Henry Dunn, of Bradley County, Tennessee, and Murray County, Georgia; Son of Nancy C. Dunn, and husband of Nova Bookout

William Henry Dunn of Bradley County, Tennessee; and of Murray County, Georgia
Husband of Nova Bookout

   (not the same as William Houston Dunn, husband of Mary Pritchett)
   (not the same as William H. Dunn, husband of Nancy M. Carter)
   (not the same as William Henry Harrison Hayes "Bill" Dunn, of White County, Tenn.)

William Henry Dunn of Bradley County, Tennessee (son of Jim Dunn and Nancy C. Dunn)
Birth: 27 Jul 1882. Death: 3 Jan 1941 (the death record has this mistake: it happened in 1941, but the coroner wrote "1940" in the blank for the year; however, the deceased was last seen alive on 2 Jan. 1941--so clearly there is a clerical error on the death certificate).

The death record has him as William Henry Dunn and has his wife as Nova Dunn, but the indexers could not read the writing, and indexed her name as "Noute" Dunn. This William Henry Dunn was buried at Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Murray County, Georgia, on 5 Jan. 1941. Although he has a double stone with the name of his wife, Nova Bookout, she is not buried beside him. She remarried some time after 1940 and is buried beside her second husband, V.C. Davis.

Marriage Record
State of Tennessee, Bradley County
Page 125
Marriage License for Will H Dunn, age 46, and Nova Bookout, age 43 (granted 15 June 1927).
Marriage Bond: Will H Dunn and Mary L Hayes, of Bradley County, Tennessee: Marriage Bond of Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars; bonded 15 Jun 1927.
Marriage Solemnization for Will H Dunn and Nova Bookout: 15 June 1927, by Samuel ?Milton?, M.G.
Returned on 16 June 1928, signed by L?? Brock, Clerk.

Notice that "Mary L. Hayes" who helped put up the bond for this marriage, would be Mary L. (Dunn) Hayes, sister of William H. Dunn, and wife of James H. "Jim" Hayes. In 1930, this William H. Dunn is listed as brother-in-law of James Hayes (whose wife is Mary L. Hayes). Also in the household is Nova Dunn (William's wife). They live on Hall's Chapel Road, Murray County, Georgia, where the Bookouts have been known to live.

These are the siblings of this William H. Dunn:

Martha Josephine Dunn (wife of Henry Hill Headrick)

James Monavel Dunn (husband of Lillie Mary Magdalene Prince)

Mary L. Dunn (wife of James H. "Jim" Hayes)

John Lee Dunn (husband of Kadell Samantha Mantooth)

The mother of these children, Nancy C Dunn, was in Murray County, Georgia, moved to Bradley County, Tennessee, and possibly moved back to Murray County, Georgia.

Living beside the Bookouts in 1910 are Joseph P. Dunn and Nancy E. (Putnam) Dunn. That Joseph P. Dunn (probably named Joseph Perry Dunn after his uncle of that name, who died in 1905 and is not listed in the 1910 census). The Joseph P. Dunns who lived beside the Bookouts is the brother of yet a different William Houston Dunn (born 1843), who moved out to Texas and married Nancy Mahalia Carter.

There are quite a few William H. Dunns and Joseph P. Dunns, many of them named for each other. That's why it helps to study brother-sister relationships, aunt-uncle relationships; and to look at marriage bonds and land deeds.

The death record has his middle name as "Henry," though I had always thought that he was also called "Huse," just like the other one!

Death Record of William Henry Dunn
Apparent Date of Death: 3 January 1941 (but says 1940; simple clerical error, because he was last seen alive by doctor in 1941; and the certificate was filed in 1941).

Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942, Cert. no. 33699: death of William Henry Dunn, male. Birth: 27 Jul (est. 1883), Ga. Death: 3 Jan "1940" (should be 1941--clerical error in source; has 1/3/1940); Doctor last saw deceased alive on 2 Jan. 1941. Place of Death: Crandall, Murray, Georgia. Cause of Death: Chronic Rheumatic Fever. Wife of Deceased: Nova Dunn (indexed as Noute Dunn). Mother of Deceased: Nancy Dunn (born in Blunt Co., Tenn). Father of deceased: Not Known. Informant: Mrs. Will Dunn, of Crandall, , Ga. Burial: 5 Jan. 1941 (or 1940!) Buried at Calvery Cemetery, Crandall, (Murray), Georgia. Undertaker: Kenemer Brothers, of Dalton, (Whitfield), Ga. Filed: 9 May 1941. Registrar: J. B. Higdon. [Extract by D.K. Pritchett, Family Search contributor.]

Citation
"Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJX9-64CR : 11 March 2018), William Henry Dunn, 03 Jan 1940; citing Crandall, Murray, Georgia, United States, Georgia State Archives, Morrow.

DeVault and Mollihan Wedding Announcement, |North Georgia Citizen| (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia), 1918

DeVault - Mullihan Wedding Announcement

Library/Database: GALILEO (GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online)
Publication: North Georgia Citizen
Place of Publication: Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia
Date of Publication: 25 Jul. 1918
Page 3
Column: Society
Title of Article: "DeVault-Mullihan"

Name of Groom: Mr. LeRoy Sanford Mullihan
Home of Groom: Detroit, Mich.
Name of Bride: Miss Blanche DeVault
Home of Bride: Palm Beach, Fla. (previously, of Dalton, , Georgia)
Date of Wedding: "Wednesday morning" (est. 24 Jul 1918)
Place of Wedding: Selvidge Street (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia)
Hostess: Mrs. W. C. Huff (the bride's aunt)
Ringbearer: Little Miss Virginia Carter, of Chattanooga
Music played by: Miss Catherine Carter, of Chattanooga
Music: "Mendelssohn's Wedding March"
Bride's Dress: French blue suit
Bouquet: Russell roses
Reception (preceding wedding)
Hostess for Reception: Mrs. Charles Carter

Affiliation/Occupation of Groom: "connected with the Maxwell Motor Company at Detroit"

After wedding plans: return to Michigan; stopovers "in Lexington, Ky., Cincinnati, and Chicago"

Remarks: Bride lives with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Owens, of Palm Beach Fla.
______________________

[Source Citation]:
"DeVault-Mullihan" in "Society" (column), |North Georgia Citizen| (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia), 25 Jul. 1918, page 3 (via GALILEO). http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ngnewspapers/id:ngc1918-0225 (accessed 09 June 2018 by D.K. Pritchett, contributor).

Trammell - Pomeroy Wedding Announcement, 1896, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia (Marriage in Marietta)

Database/Library: GALILEO (GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online)
Subject: Trammell-Pomeroy Wedding Announcement
Publication: North Georgia Citizen
Place of Publication: Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia
Date of Publication: Thursday, 25 June 1896
Page: 1
Headline: "Trammell-Pomeroy."
Contributor of this extract: D.K. Pritchett
URL: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ngnewspapers/id:ngc1896-0134 
Access Date: 08 June 2018

Extract of Details: 
Date of Wedding: (not stated; "Tuesday")
Estimated Date of Wedding: 23 June 1896

Bride: Miss Margaret Trammell
Groom: Mr. William Pomeroy
Location: Methodist church in Marietta (Georgia)
Descriptions of dress and decor included

Attendants:

Maid of Honor: Miss May McAfee of Dalton (Georgia)
Mr. Edward Pomeroy, Best Man

Bridesmaids: 
Miss Berta Armstrong
Miss Linda McKinney 
Miss Lena Sessions
Miss Hattie Dunwood
Mrs. Mills McNeel
Miss Sallie Langet
Miss Helen Barclay
Miss Nell Earnest
Miss Margaret Niles

Groomsmen: 

Mr. L. N. Trammell, Jr.
Mr. Lewis Russell
Mr. Dee Cole
Mr. George Anderson
Mr. Wilder Glover
Mr. George Sessions
Mr. Hary Leake

Ushers: 

Mr. James Legg
Mr. Wallace Buttolph
Mr. John Brantley
Mr. Glenn Marchman

Reception: at the residence of the bride's parents

_____________________________________________
Citation:

"Trammell-Pomeroy" in |North Georgia Citizen| (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia), 25 Jun. 1896, pg. 1 (via GALILEO). http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ngnewspapers/id:ngc1896-0134 (accessed 08 June 2018, by D.K. Pritchett).

Widows Claim by Mary Moses Headrick on Soldier, Peter Headrick (Co. I, 5th Tenn. Inf., USA), of Blount County, Tennessee

Mary J. (Moses) Headrick
Widow's Claim for Pension, on Service of Soldier,
Peter Headrick (Co. I, 5th Tennessee Infantry, U.S.A., Civil War)

Transcribed by D.K. Pritchett on 5 April 2005.

[TRANSCRIPT BEGINS]:
_______________________________________


The State of Tennessee, County of Knox, SS.

On this 18th day of July, A. D., 1864, personally appeared before me Charles Morrow, a Justice of the Peace a Court of Record within and for said county, Mary J. Headrick, aged 24 years, a resident of the 1st District, in the county of Blount, and State of Tennessee, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress approved July 14, 1862: (2)_____: That she is the widow of Peter Headrick, who was a Private in Company "I", commanded by Captain F. D. Felkerson, in the 5th Regiment of Tennessee Infantry, commanded by Col. James T. Shelby, in the war of 1861. (3)_________. That her said husband was killed in battle of Resacca, in the state of Georgia, on the 14th of May A. D. 1864 (4) ______ while in the line of duty in the service of the United States.
She further declares that she was married to the said Peter Headrick in Blount County, on the 27th day of November A. D. 1854, by one David Spradling, a Justice of the Peace; that her name before her marriage was Mary J. Moses, and that ever since the death of her said husband, she has remained a widow: as will more fully appear by reference to the proof annexed (5) which is a copy of the public record of their said marriage it being the best evidence she can offer of said fact. That during the existence of the aforesaid marriage there were born to her and her said husband the following named children, who are now under the age of sixteen years, viz: Jacob, born the 1st day of Sept. 1858; Samuel born the 20th day of February 1861 all of whom are still living, and reside in Blount County Tennessee.
She also declares that she has no manner been engaged in, or aided or abetted, the Rebellion in the United States.
She further says that her Post Office address is Knoxville Tenn.
__Mary J Headrick___

______________________________
[END OF TRANSCRIPT]


[Transcription Note: Handwritten manuscript, transcribed by D.K. Pritchett on on 5 April 2005. Note that the signature looks like Mary I. Headrick, but the name in the text of the document is clearly Mary J. Headrick. There are some strike-throughs and one erasure in the document. These are minor, and self-explanatory, if viewed; they do not affect the meaning of the document, and were not transcribed.]

[Citation]: D.K. Pritchett (contributor), Mary Jane Moses Headrick, Widow of Peter Headrick, in Declaration or Application for a Pension (ms.), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), NARA Catalog ID. 300020, Record Group 15 (Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934), Roll WC103311-WC103338, Civil War and Later, filed on service of soldier, Peter Headrick, Private, Co. I, 5th Tennessee Infantry, U.S.A.