Research Notes: Benjamin Coyle of Whitfield County, Georgia

 

Research Notes:

Benjamin Coyle (husband of Ella Goode)
Whitfield County, Georgia

MARRIAGE: 

Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950: Benjamin Coyle, male; listed in marriage to Ella Goode. Marriage: 22 May 1892, Whitfield, Georgia, USA.

[Citation]: "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXVQ-H8K : 7 February 2020), Benjamin Coyle and Ella Goode, 22 May 1892; citing Marriage, Whitfield, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 339,862.

SELECTED CENSUS LISTINGS:

United States Census, 1900, Militia District 919, Rome (part of), Floyd, Georgia, Supv. Dist. 7, Enum. Dist. 116, Sheet 8 B, dwelling 162 (corrected above old 158), family 171, line 54: Ben Coyle, aged 28, married male, head. Birth: Dec 1872, Georgia. Father born in Georgia. Mother born in Alabama. Occupation and Industry: Contactor, Parking ?F?ch?r? [Prob. Contractor. I originally read this as Contractor Parking [above 'Parking' is another word, something like ?Fander? or ?Fanden?]. Can read, write, and speak English. Married 7 years (est. 1893). Wife is Ella Coyle (mother of 3 children, 3 living). Children in household: Essie, Flara (Flave?), and Harvey Coyle.

[Citation]: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3N2-GP7 : accessed 18 February 2020), Ben Coyle, Militia District 919, Rome (north & east part, excl. Rome city) North Rome town & Printup city, Floyd, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 116, sheet 8B, family 171, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,196.

1900 EXTRACT by dkp:

Line 55 Ella Coyle, wife, married white female, aged 29. Birth: Nov 1871, Tennessee (both parents born in Tennessee). Can read, write, and speak English. Married 7 years (est. 1893). Mother of 3 children, 3 living. 

Line 56 Essie Coyle, daughter, single white female, aged 6. Birth: May 1894, Georgia. Father born in Georgia. Mother born in Tennessee. 

Line 57 Flave Coyle [indexed as Flara Coyle], son, single white male, aged 5. Birth: Nov 1895, Georgia. Father born in Georgia. Mother born in Tennessee.

Line 58 Harvey Coyle, son, single white male, aged 3. Birth: Mar 1897, Georgia. Father born in Georgia. Mother born in Tennessee.

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United States Census, 1910, Civil District 5 (Part 2), Voting Precinct no. 9, Hamilton, Tennessee, Supv. Dist. 3, Enum. Dist. 90, Sheet 8 B, ?Peptania? St., Dwelling 165, Family 169, Line 58: Ben Coyle, married male, head. Birth: 1873, Tennessee. Both parents born in Tennessee. Occupation: Contractor. Married 19 years (est. 1891). Wife is Ella Coyle (mother of 7 children, 6 living).

[Citation]: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG6B-Z9M : accessed 18 February 2020), Ben Coyle, Civil District 5, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 90, sheet 8B, family 169, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1502; FHL microfilm 1,375,515.

1910 EXTRACT by dkp:

Line 59 Ella Coyle, wife, married white female, aged 38. Birth: 1872, Tennessee. Father and Mother born in Tennessee. Occupation: none. 

Line 60 Essie Coyle, daughter, single white female, aged 17. Birth: 1893, Georgia. Father and Mother born in Tennessee. Occupation and Industry: Operator, Telephone Co. 

Line 61 Flave Coyle, son, single white male, aged 15. Birth: Birth: 1895, Georgia. Father and Mother born in Tennessee. Occupation and Industry: Dairyman, Dairy. 

Line 62 Harvey Coyle, son, single white male, aged 14. Birth: 1896, Georgia. Father and Mother born in Tennessee. Occupation: none. 

Line 63 Josie Coyle, son, single white female, aged 14. Birth: 1896, Georgia. Father and Mother born in Tennessee. Occupation: none. 

Line 62 Harvey Coyle, son, single white male, aged 14. Birth: 1896, Georgia. Father and Mother born in Tennessee. Occupation: none. 

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).

Death and Burial of Dick Orr, Great-Nephew of G.W. Orr

Subject: 
Death and Burial of Charles E. 'Dick' Orr

Capt. G. W. Orr has returned from Knoxville, where he went to attend the funeral of Mr. Dick Orr, his nephew. The deceased formerly lived here and was a son of Mr. Cal Orr. He was 24 years old.

[Death: about Feb. 10-20, 1900. Est. year of birth is 1876. Identity of deceased, per external research, is Charles E. 'Dick' Orr, great-nephew (or grand-nephew) of Capt. George W. Orr--not nephew.] 

[Source]: Untitled personal item about G. W. Orr (and Cal and Dick Orr), North Georgia Citizen (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, Thurs., 22 February 1900, page 8 (digital image 8), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (Gallileo), clipping ; full page accessed 09 March 2020.

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Obituary, Andrew Hart Orr, Georgia, 1912

Subject: Obituary of A. H. Orr 

Contributor (Extract by): D. K. Pritchett 

Database: Georgia Historic Newspapers

Library: Digital Library of Georgia (GA LIbrary LEarning Online: Gallileo) 

Publication: The Dalton Citizen (indexed as North Georgia Citizen (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 

Place of Publication: Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia 

Date of Publication: Thurs., 22 August 1912 

Page: 7 

Column: In Memoriam 

Title: A. H. Orr 

Author/Obituary Writer: Baxter Smith 

Name of Deceased: A. H. Orr 

Age: 65 years 

Residence: Catoosa County, Georgia 

Length of Residence: (inferred) 'thirty years' 

Birth Year: [est. 1847] 

Place of Birth: (not stated) 

Death: Monday, 29 July 1912 (at 12 midnight) 

Place of Death: ('his home') Catoosa County, Georgia 

Cause of Death: Injury, kicked by a horse ('with terrific force full in the abdomen, hurling him backward some twelve or fifteen feet') 

Length of Illness: '48 hours of intense suffering' 

Funeral: Wednesday a.m., [est. 21 Aug. 1912] 

Place of Funeral: Ebenezer Church [Ringgold, Catoosa, Georgia] 

Officiator: Rev. Willie Tallant 

Officiating Assistant: Rev. Bernard Tallant 

Masonic Honors (Lodge Representation): Tunnel Hill, Ringgold, Dalton, and Wood Station 

Date of Interment: Wednesday [est. 21 August 1912] 

Place of Interment: Ebenezer Cemetery, Catoosa County, Georgia 

Occupation: Farmer 

Religious Affiliation: 'staunch Baptist' (inferred member, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Ringgold, Catoosa, Georgia) 

Membership: Lodge, Masonic Hall at Tunnel Hill [Whitfield, Georgia] 

Survived By: 'widow and twelve children--eleven sons and one daughter' (names not specified) 

Notes: The injury occurred  at the home of Mr. Fain, after a lodge meeting at Tunnel Hill. Orr's buggy broke down. Mr. Fain offered to loan a horse and buggy. Orr stopped at Fain's and was harnessing the horse when the horse kicked him. Fain called in Dr. Green, who pronounced the injury a fatal one. Orr's family was called in. On Sunday they moved him to his own home, where he 'died at twelve o'clock Monday night.' 

[Source]: 'A. H. Orr' in 'In Memoriam,' North Georgia Citizen (original banner, The Dalton Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, Thurs., 22 August 1912, page 7 (digital image 7), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (Gallileo). https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034046/1912-08-22/ed-1/seq-7/print/image_613x817_from_129,1921_to_2478,5051/ (clipping; full page accessed 10 March 2020). 

Research Note: Identity, Andrew Hart Orr (born 10 October 1846, Murray County, Georgia ; died 29 July 1912, Catoosa County, Georgia). 

Cross-Reference: Find A Grave Memorial 12230824 

Swilling and Headrick mention, North Georgia Citizen

This Swilling and Headrick mention in North Georgia Citizen shows a mother-daughter relationship.

[Quote]: 'Mrs. John Swilling spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Henry Headrick, of Fairy,' in 'McCamy's Chapel (community column), North Georgia Citizen (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, Thurs., 13  January 1916, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (Gallileo). 

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034046/1916-01-13/ed-1/seq-2/print/image_603x817_from_2334,3789_to_3149,4893/ 

(clipping, of page accessed 04 Mar. 2010). 

Extract of Obituary of Matt Springer, Died 14 December 1913, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia

Subject: Obituary of Matt Springer

Database: Georgia Historic Newspapers

Library: Digital Library of Georgia (Gallileo).

Publication: North Georgia Citizen

Place of Publication: Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia

Day and Date of Publication: Thurs., 25 December 1913

Page: 1 (digital image 1 in database)

Headline: 'Old Citizen Found Dead'

Subheading 1: Mr. Matt Springer's Lifeless Body Found in Bed Saturday.'

Subheading 2: 'Was Apparently in Excellent Health'

Subheading 3: 'Deceased Was One of Dalton's Oldest Citizens, Being 75 Year of Age--Survived by Large Family--Funeral Monday'

Name: Mr. Matt Springer

Age: 75

Birth: (est. 1838), Ohio

Death: 'Saturday morning' (est. 20 December 1913; died between Friday night and Saturday morning)

Place of Death: (at home in bed) [inferred as Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia]

Funeral: 'Monday morning' (est. 22 Dec. 1913)

Interment: West Hill Cemetery [Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia]

Survivors: 'his widow' (name not stated); (five daughters, as follow) Mrs. Lake Quillian (Atlanta); Mrs. Harvy Guy (Cleveland, O.); Mrs. Jennie Lambert and Mrs. Myrtle Pritchett (Rome [Floyd, Georgia]); Miss Allie Springer ('of this city') [Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia]; (one son, as follows) Mr. Frank Springer (Dalton [Whitfield, Georgia]).

Residence in 1913: Dalton [Whitfield, Georgia]

Length of Residence in City: 27 years (est. from 1886 - 1913)

Membership: Hamilton Street Methodist Church [Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia]

Remarks (from subtitles and article): He 'Was Apparently in Excellent Health,' 'Survived by Large Family,' 'highly esteemed,' 'respected citizen,' 'modest in his demeanor and of a retiring disposition.'

[Citation]: North Georgia Kin (contributor), 'Old Citizen Found Dead: Mr. Matt Springer's Lifeless Body Found in Bed Saturday,' North Georgia Citizen (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, Thurs., 25 December 1913, page 1 (digital image 1), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (Gallileo). https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034046/1913-12-25/ed-1/seq-1/print/image_595x817_from_2005,136_to_4824,4000/ (clipping, from full page accessed 07 March 2020).

Gertrude (Coyle) Pritchett Dapron, of Georgia and Iowa

Gertrude (Coyle) Pritchett Dapron
Born: April 1880, Georgia. Lived in Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia. Later moved to Davenport, Scott County, Iowa (possibly died there).

Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934: Gertrude Pritchett (bride of Charles W. Dapron). Father: C. Cayle. Mother: J. Johnson. Marriage (Pritchett-Dapron): 08 Apr 1914, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, US.

Parents of the Groom: Anthony Dapron and Rebecca Buckwalter.

Prior Marriage: Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950: Gertie Coyle, female, listed in marriage to John L. Pritchett. Marriage: 31 Jan 1900, Whitfield, Georgia, US.

Research Notes: Gertrude Coyle was from Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia. She was a sister of William Farrar Coyle. Her parents were Simeon Marcus Coyle and Oris Josephine Johnson. Gertrude's first husband, John L. 'Jack' Pritchett (1866- 1908), worked as a foreman for Cherokee Manufacturing Co. He was a member of several lodges (Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and Woodmen of the World) and of the First Methodist Church of Dalton. He is buried at West Hill Cemetery in Dalton (Find A Grave 50906860). So far, his parents have not been identified.

Obituary of Mrs. Mary (Dooly) Woodward, Died 1914 in Bartow, Florida ; Formerly of Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia

Subject: Obituary of Mrs. Mary (Dooly) Woodward

Also Known As: Mary (Dooly) Woodard

Publication: The Dalton Citizen (indexed as North Georgia Citizen)

Publication Date: Thurs., 9 July 1914
Page: 3
Column: Mortuary

Title of Obituary: 'Mrs. Mary Woodward Died in Bartow, Fla.: Deceased Was Former Popular Resident of This City'

Married Name of Deceased: Mrs. Mary Woodward
Maiden Name: Dooly
Age at Death: 53 years
Year of Birth (concluded): 1861
Date of Death: Thursday (inferred as 2 July 1914)
Place of Death: Bartow, Florida

Funeral Date: Monday afternoon (inferred as 6 July 1914)

Funeral Place: Chapel of Carter's Undertaking Parlors, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia

Interment: West Hill Cemetery (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia)

Undertaker: Carter's Undertaking Parlors

Pall Bearers: Messrs. J. J. Copeland, E. Jackson, John Thomas, Watt Bryant, Hugh O'Hare, Sr., and Hugh O'Hare, Jr.

Parents of Deceased: Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dooly

Religious Affiliation: Christian, Catholic

Membership: Father Ryan Chapter, Daughters of Columbus

Survivors: 

Husband: Mr. J. L. Woodward
Brother: Mr. H. J. Dooly
Sons: Messrs. H. J. and Frank Woodward
Daughter-in-Law: Mrs. H. J. Woodward

Notes: 

Michael Dooly, father of deceased, was 'employed in the railroad yards here for years.' Deceased 'was well known and had many cordial friends and admirers among the older residents of this city.'

Persistent Link to Clipping
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Citation:

'Mrs. Mary Woodward Died in Bartow, Fla.: Deceased Was Former Popular Resident of This City' in 'Mortuary,' /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, Thurs., 09 July 1914, page 3 (digital image 3), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo (Digital Library of Georgia), University System of Georgia, USG.edu ; https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034046/1914-07-09/ed-1/seq-3/print/image_600x817_from_1554,3730_to_2919,5586/ (clipping), accessed 11 Dec. 2019.

Surnames: Dooley, Dooly, Woodward, Woodard

Category: Obituary, Obituaries, Death Records and Searches, Extracts and Transcripts

Extract by D. K. Pritchett. Also posted on FamilySearch.org on 11 Dec. 2019.

Col. Robert J. McCamy, Murray County and Whitfield County, Georgia, 1909 Tribute

Obituary

Memorial Tribute (Article), One-Year Anniversary of Death of Col. R. J. McCamy, 1909

Title and Name: Col. R. J. McCamy

Birth: 07 January 1840, , Murray, Georgia.

Illness (began, critical): Sun. afternoon, 23 Aug. 1908

Death: 26 Aug. 1908

Age at Death: 69 years

Parents: Robert and Martha McCamy

Heritage (paternal ancestors): Scotch-Irish

Heritage (maternal ancestors): French

More: Parents moved to Murray County [Georgia] in  1830s (before the Cherokee removal); parents had ten children (three died as infants)

Childhood: grew up in Murray County on father's farm.

Education:

Age 18: Entered Emory and Henry College; attended one year.

Age 19 (est.): Entered Hiawassee College; attended one year. Graduated, returning home just before Civil War (est. 1860-1861)

More: At Emory and Henry, McCamy met Col. Shumate, a professor there. (Shumate was another late, prominent local citizen, also being paid tribute; he had died a year before McCamy and McCamy had spoken at his memorial service; the men were often opponents in the courtroom.)

About or after 1865: studied law under Judge Dawson A. Walker, (Dalton, [Whitfield, Georgia])

Military: Was age 20 at beginning of War, in approx. 1861

Subject, Col. Bob McCamy, Confederate. Assisted Capt. John Beck in raising company of volunteers and became a 1st lieutenant in the company ('This company was mustered into service where the Crown Cotton Mills now stand.'); critically wounded in leg at Battle of Malvern Hill, 1861 (talked surgeon out of amputating leg; was disabled about two years); rejoined command about 1865, just before Gen. Lee surrendered (no active service). He "stood along 'the last of the old guard' with Lee at Appomattox."

Employment:

(About 1861 or 1862 till approx. 1865, while recuperating from war wound), 'employed in the Comptroller-General's office at Milledgeville.'

--Some time after 1865:

(1) Law practice (Spring Place, [Murray, Georgia] ; law partner, Col. William Luffman)

(2) Law practice (Dalton, [Whitfield, Georgia] ; law partner, Col. J. A. W. Johnson) ; practiced in Cherokee circuit

(3) Briefly, after death of Johnson: partnered with Judge S. M. Walker, of Chattanooga, [Hamilton, Tennessee])

(4) Law practice ( ), ; law partner (son) Julian McCamy

Religion: (inferred as Christian, Protestant, typical of region). "It was a recorded fact that for fifteen years he never missed but one service at his church."

Siblings:

--George McCamy, male; military, Confederate; died in service [est. between 1861 and 1865]

--Sam McCamy, male; military, Confederate: 'died four years ago in Gordon county,' est. 1905; had lived in Dalton for many years before moving to Gordon)

Other Siblings:
  --William McCamy (Philadelphia, , Pennsylvania)

--Mrs. Howard Parker (Atlanta, , [Georgia])

--Mrs. Nelse Harris (Murray County, [Georgia])

--Frank McCamy (Young Harris, [Towns, Georgia])
_____________

Marriage: 7 Jan. 1866 to Miss Louise Chandler

McCamy-Chandler Children (living ones reside in Dalton at time of article)

1) died as infant

2) Julian McCamy, member of bar (law firm, Maddox, McCamy & Shumate)

3) Carl McCamy, 'holds an important position with the Dalton city government, and resides with his mother.'

4) Tom McCamy, 'associate editor of the North Georgia Citizen

5) Mary McCamy, wife of Mr. Dennis Barrett

6) Frances McCamy, wife of Mr. John Neal

7) Miss Helen McCamy, 'single, and lives with her mother
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[The article included praise of character and many other compliments. Also, three court resolutions followed the tribute; summarized, briefly]:

1) Community lost a valuable citizen, etc.

2) Resolved, that a page of court minutes "be dedicated to his memory, and that this memorial be entered of record, and that a copy be furnished the family of Brother McCamy under the seal of this honorable court."

3) Court to recess in his memory till the next a.m.

[by]: Sam P. Maddox, C. D. McCutcheon, W. C. Martin, Committee

Citation: Sam P. Maddox, C. D. McCutcheon, W. C. Martin (Court Committee), 'Memorial Exercises' (anniversary of death of R. J. McCamy) and followup resolutions of the court /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 08 April 1909, page 8 (digital image 8), Georgia Historic Newspapers, University System of Georgia, USG.edu (accessed 03 Dec. 2019).

Clipping, segment of article (link):
https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn85034046/1909-04-08/ed-1/seq-8/print/image_609x817_from_1901,2569_to_3159,4257/

I also posted this on Family Search.

Full name of subject in family tree: Robert Julian McCamy

Pound Supper, Social Custom, 1910, U.S., Georgia, Whitfield County

While researching the Stacy family of Five Springs (and/or of Antioch), Whitfield County, Georgia, I found a description of a "pound supper" given by the Baileys (with a Stacy in attendance).

I couldn't find anything on a pound supper, but found a description of a "pound party," in which everyone brings a pound of food (or a pound of groceries). Such parties are sometimes given for newlyweds or for new arrivals to the neighborhood, and maybe just for socializing. Locally, the party must have been called a "supper," or maybe that was meant as a hint of the late hour that the meal would be taken.

The description of the supper, given around December 10, 1910, says that it was given on Saturday night by Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bailey in honor of Mrs. Carter of Cartersville (Georgia). The guests were not invited into the dining room to feast until 11:00, which seems pretty late for a "supper." The decorations are described ("ferns, holly, and chrysanthemums"), but no games, dancing, or other forms of entertainment are mentioned, except that there was a contest to see who had baked the best cake: "Misses Lizzie Kreischer and Mollie Callahan won the prize on having the nicest cakes; ..." (There were judges for the contest.) There probably was entertainment, but it is not mentioned in the column.

The guests included men and women of the county (most of the surnames can be recognized as local names). These were probably young adults of the upper-middle class or merchant/business class, property owners, and fairly well-to-do farmers from the Five Springs, Antioch, and River Bend communities (mid-to-southern Whitfield County).

The item appeared in a social/gossip column in The Dalton Citizen (North Georgia Citizen) called 'Everywhere' (containing 'news'--mostly personal mentions or gossip--from 'everywhere.' It seems to be mostly personal mentions about local persons, but not specifically related to one community or another, as the other columns are.

Guests/Surnames by community:

• (Dalton): Tankersley and Wade

• (River Bend): Callahan, Cash, Evans, Holland, Kreischer, Moore, Parlee, and Whitmire 

• (unspecified): Callahan, Evans, Holland, Kreischer, Moore, Noland, Stacy, Whitener, and Whitmire

Some of the names from the unspecified area(s) are known to be from the Five Springs, Antioch, and Busy Bee Valley communities. One of the Evanses mentioned is Addie Evans, who helped entertain (that is, was one of the hostesses of the event, I think). I believe she was a relative of Catherine Evans Whitener's and owned a spreadhouse (not sure--just a recollection from my knowledge of the local tufting-industry history). Mrs. J. M. Bailey, Mrs. Clark, and Mrs. Noland are also mentioned as having helped entertain, which is interesting, since the party was given in honor of Mrs. Clark.

Mr. Roy Vance was complimented on his  behavior (the writer hoping that other boys will emulate him "this Christmas." The last perhaps implies that Vance did not drink too much, scuffle, or play pranks--no way to know, but the disclaimer by the writer was "I am no saint myself, but I do like to see nice behavior."

Clipping, Everywhere Column, North Georgia Citizen

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Source: 
Untitled piece about a 'pound supper' in 'Everywhere' (column), The Dalton Citizen (indexed as North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 15  December 1910, page 7 (digital image 7), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 24 November 2019).

Henry Pitchford Stacy Family of Whitfield County, Georgia, with Wife, Orazaba Moody

Henry Pitchford Stacy married Orazaba Moody on 11 January 1883 in Whitfield County, Georgia. The couple had the following children:

(1) Isaac N. Stacy (m)
    b. April 1885
    d.
    Residence: Whitfield Co., Georgia (1900)

(2) Henry Pitchford Stacy (m)
    b. 1888, Georgia
    d. 04 May 1968, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama
    Buried: Tuscaloosa Memorial Park
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa Co., Ala.
    Married: about 1922 to:
Bertram Gwendolyn Lawrence (1902-1992)

(3) Martin Clyde Stacy (m)
    b. 30 August 1889, Tilton, Whitfield, Georgia
    d. 7 October 1982, Bakersfield, Kern Co., California
    Buried: Green Lawn Memorial Park, Bakersfield, Kern Co., Calif.
    Married: about 1913, place unknown; had thought to be Dalton, , Georgia, but not found.

    Residences: Dalton, Whitfield Co., Georgia (1900, 1910); Floyd Co., Texas (1917-1918 ; WWI Draft Reg.); Ventura, Ventura Co., Calif. (1930, 1940, 1942)

(4) Orazaba M. Stacy (f)
    b. 1892, Georgia
    d. 28 March 1983 (prob. in Whitfield Co.)
    Buried: Stuart-Mitchell Cemetery, Whitfield Co., Ga.
    Married: 20 Feb. 1911, Whitfield Co., Georgia, to:
Arthur D. Biles (1886 -   )
    Residence: Whitfield Co., Ga. (1910, 1920, 1930)

(5) Lula Belle Stacy (f)
    b. 1894, Georgia
    d.
    Married (1) 03 May 1911, Whitfield Co., Georgia, to:
William Foster Thomas (1889 - 1919)
    Married (2) 02 January 1918, Whitfield Co., Georgia, to:
Homer Darcus Stevens (1904 - 1985)
    Residence: Whitfield Co., Ga. (1910, 1920, 1930) ; specifically, in 1912, lived in Phelps, Whitfield, Georgia (as mentioned in social items in The Dalton Citizen newspaper).

(6) Mary Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Stacy (f)
    b. 11 November 1894, Whitfield Co., Georgia
    d. 25 January 1919, Carroll Co., Georgia
    Married: 1914 - 1916 (?Gordon Co., Georgia?), to:
    Rev. Nelson Hinsley (or Hinesley) (1885 - 1919)
    Occupation: Teacher
    Member: Five Springs Methodist Church, Five Springs, Whitfield Co., Georgia
 
    Burial: Saint Paul Methodist Church Cemetery, Whitesburg, Carroll, Ga, USA.

    Residences: southern Whitfield Co. (early years); Whitfield Co. (1910); Gordon Co. (1916); Carroll County (1919)
 
    Remarks: Sadly, the husband and wife died of flu and pneumonia within five days of each other in Carroll County, Georgia, where they had been teaching (in a town called Burwell). Their little child, Mary Nell Hinesley, came back to Whitfield County and lived with her aunts (one listing says grandmother, but the name matches a married aunt).

(7) William Claud Stacy (m)
    b. 20 January 1896, Whitfield Co., Georgia
    d.
    Buried:
    Married: Willie Irene Parks (30 Jun 1920, Marietta, Cobb, Georgia)
 
    Registered for the US WWI Draft in Whitfield County, Georgia. May have trained or served in Missouri (record is Missouri related, but could just be filed there)

    Residences: (1900 - 1940) Whitfield Co., Georgia

(8) Minnie L. Stacy (f)
    b. 28 May 1898, Dalton, Whitfield Co., Georgia
    d.
    Buried: (not yet known; has double stone w/husband at West Hill Cemetery in Dalton, but no death date; perhaps remarried)
 
    Residences: (1900 - 1940) Whitfield Co., Georgia.

    Married: (concluded, 1922 - 1924; record not yet found) to:
             Charles Nix Evans (1894 - 1962)

Sources, Various: 

Sources for Parents of Family Group: 

Find A Grave 51485214: Henry Pitchford Stacy (1888-1968)

Find A Grave 138596856: Ora Stacy Biles (  - 1983)

Identifiers/Sources for Isaac N. Stacy: 

US Census, 1900: Isaac N Stacy, son of Henry P Stacy (Militia District 872, Dalton-excluding city, Whitfield, Georgia).

Isaac N. Stacy is listed as as one of three substitute rural free delivery carrier for Dalton (Whitfield Co., Georgia), in 'New Appointees.' Three regular carriers are listed, as well. 'New Appointees' under 'Local Happenings,' in /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 08 September 1904, page 8 (digital image 8), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 22 Nov. 2019).

Identifiers and Sources for Henry Pitchford Stacy (the son; 1888 - 1968): 

Social Mention: 'Messrs. Pitchford, Clyde, and Claud Stacy visited their sister, Mrs. Byles, Sunday.' In the same column (showing proximity, but not relationship): 'Mr. H. P. Stacy and Mr. Arthur Byles were in Dalton last week' ; and 'Miss Minnie Stacy attended the fair at Dalton last week.' [Source]: Untitled social items, 'Busy Bee Valley' (community column), /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 17 October 1912, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 22 Nov. 2019).

Identifiers/Sources for Martin Clyde Stacy: 

US World War I Draft Reg. Card of Martin Clyde Stacy. Birth: 30 Oct 1889, Tilton, Georgia, US. Military draft registration: 1917-1918, , Floyd, Texas, US.

US World War II Draft Reg. Card of Martin Clyde Stacy. Birth: 30 Oct 1889. Residence and Registration: 1942,
Ventura, Ventura Co., California, US.

California Death Index, 1940-1997:  Martin Clyde Stacy, male. Birth: 30 Oct 1889, Georgia. Death: 07 Oct 1982, , Kern, California, US. Also listed: Moody, mother of the deceased.

Find A Grave Index 8953810 for M. Clyde Stacy (1889 - 1982). Burial: Greenlawn Memorial Park, Bakersfield, Kern, California, USA. (Wife is buried at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura).

Sources/Identifiers for Orazaba (Stacy) Biles: 

Reference to Mrs. Arthur Biles as the sister of Miss Minnie Stacy, social item, 'Busy Bee Valley' (community column), /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 20 June 1912, page 2.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Byles received as visitors 'Mr. and Mrs. Foster Thomas, of Phelps' (showing friendly interaction, but with no relationship mentioned). In same column: 'Messrs. Pitchford, Clyde, and Claud Stacy visited their sister, Mrs. Byles, Sunday' ; 'Mr. H. P. Stacy and Mr. Arthur Byles were in Dalton last week' ; and 'Miss Minnie Stacy attended the fair at Dalton last week.' [Source]: Untitled social items, 'Busy Bee Valley' (community column), /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 17 October 1912, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 22 Nov. 2019).

Whitfield County, Georgia, Probate Court Records, Marriage Book E, page 441: Arthur D. Biles and Ora Stacy; m. 20 Feb. 1911.

Identifiers/Sources for Lula Belle (Stacy) Thomas Stevens: 

For Relationship as Sister of Miss Lizzie Stacy: Untitled social item about Mrs. Foster Thomas and sister, Miss Lizzie Stacy, 'Antioch' (community column), /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Ga.) 1868-1924, Thurs., 14 November 1912, page 2/digital image 2, Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 21 Nov 2019): 'Miss Lizzie Stacy spent Saturday and Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Foster Thomas, near Phelps.'

Mr. and Mrs. Foster Thomas, of Phelps, visited Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Byles (showing association, knowledge, but no relationship mentioned). In same column: 'Messrs. Pitchford, Clyde, and Claud Stacy visited their sister, Mrs. Byles, Sunday' ; 'Mr. H. P. Stacy and Mr. Arthur Byles were in Dalton last week' ; and 'Miss Minnie Stacy attended the fair at Dalton last week.' [Source]: Untitled social items, 'Busy Bee Valley' (community column), /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 17 October 1912, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 22 Nov. 2019).

Marriage: Whitfield County, Georgia, Probate Court Records, Marriage Book E, page 416: Foster Thomas married Belle Stacy on 03 May 1911.

Belle S. Stevens, permanent contact for draft registrant, Homer Dorcus Stevens, in Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945 (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, 1941).

US Census, 1900 and 1910: Lula B Stacy is listed as a daughter of Henry P Stacy (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia).

US Census, 1920: Mrs. Belle Thomas, widowed head of household (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia). She is listed with her own children, and with the little girl, Mary Nell Hinesly, aged 4, whose parents died in 1919. The child is listed as a granddaughter, but would actually be the niece of Belle Thomas.

US Census, 1930: Lula Belle Stevens, wife of Homer D Stevens (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia).

Identifiers/Sources for Mary Elizabeth 'Lizzie' (Stacy) Hinesley:

Mrs. Lizzie Hinesley, of Red Bud, spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Stacy [inferred, of Antioch community, Whitfield, Georgia]." [Source]: Untitled social item (Hinesley) in 'Antioch' (community column), /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 09 November 1916, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 21 Nov 2019).

In another item on the same page, in the 'Five Springs' column, she is called Mrs. Nelson Hensley. In both, she visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Stacy [inferred, of Whitfield County, Georgia].

US Census, 1900: Mary E Stacy, daughter of Henry P Stacy (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia).

US Census, 1910: Mary C Stacy, daughter of Henry P Stacy (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia).

Marriage between 1914 and 1916 (concluded). In 1914, she is mentioned in social items as Miss Lizzie Stacy. In 1916, she is mentioned as Mrs. Lizzie Hinesley and as Mrs. Nelson Hinesley, of Red Bud, Gordon Co., Georgia. I saw a reference (unable to access) to a marriage in Gordon Co., Georgia, which is very near southern Whitfield County, where the family is often found (Tilton, Five Springs, etc.).

In Memoriam: Nelson and wife, Mary Elizabeth Hensley, died five days apart in Carroll County, Georgia, where they taught school. 'In Memoriam,' /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, Thurs., 13 February 1919, page 3.

Find A Grave 125721011 for Mary E. (Stacy) Hinesley. Burial: 1919, Saint Paul Methodist Church Cemetery, Whitesburg, Carroll, Georgia, USA. Her husband is buried there, too.

Identifiers/Sources for William Claud Stacy: 

US World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918: William Claud Stacy, single male, residing in Dalton RFD (Whitfield Co.), Georgia. Employed by H. P. Stacy as a farmer, 3 miles south of Dalton. Birth: 29 January 1896, Whitfield Co., Georgia. Exceptions: support of Father and Mother and stomach troubles. Citizenship: US. Residence and Registration: about 1917-1918, Whitfield Co., Georgia.

United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940: William Claud or Claude Stacy. Birth: 29 Jan 1896, Dalton, (Whitfield), Georgia. Military Service: 14 Feb 1919, St. Louis, Missouri, US.

US Census, 1900, 1910, and 1930*: William C Stacy, son of Henry P Stacy (Whitfield Co., Georgia).
   *(in 1930, he is married; Willie I Stacy is a daughter-in-law in the household).

US Census, 1920: Claud Stacy, son of Henry P Stacy (Whitfield Co., Georgia).

US Census, 1940: William C Stacy, married male, head. Birth: 1896, Georgia. Wife is Willie Stacy. Residence in 1935: Same House (Militia District 872, Whitfield, Georgia).

Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950: Willie Irene Parks, female; listed in marriage to William Claude Stacy. Marriage: 30 Jun 1920, Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, US.

Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998: William C Stacy, male. Birth: 1896. Death: 01 Jun 1974, , Whitfield, Georgia (same as residence).

Identifiers/Sources on Minnie L. Stacy: 

Social item mentioning Miss Minnie Stacy as the sister of Mrs. Ora Byles, in 'Antioch' (community column), 14 Nov. 1912, page 2 

Social items mentioning Minnie Stacy as the sister of Mr. Clifford Stacy and of Mrs. Belle Thomas (of Phelps), in 'Antioch' (community column), /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 04 November 1915, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 22 Nov. 2019).

Social item showing that Minnie Stacy, Charlie Evans, and others, were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Roe, in 'Antioch' (community column), /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 30 September 1920, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 22 Nov. 2019).
 
Social item showing that Minnie Stacy, Charlie Evans, Cathy Evans, and others, attended a taffy-pulling party given by Miss Lizzie Kreischer, in 'Antioch' (community column), /The Dalton Citizen/ (North Georgia Citizen ; Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) 1868-1924, 04 November 1915, page 2 (digital image 2), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Gallileo, USG.edu (accessed 22 Nov. 2019).

US Census, 1900 - 1920: Minnie L. (or just Minnie) Stacy, daughter of Henry P Stacy (Whitfield Co., Georgia)

US Census, 1930: Mannie L Evans, wife of Charlie N Evans (Whitfield Co., Georgia). Note: Mary N Hinsley, 13-year-old niece, is also in the household.

US Census, 1940: Minnie Evans, wife of Charles N Evans (Whitfield Co., Georgia).

One census shows that Orazaba (Moody) Stacy had nine children. One had died. Only eight of her children are known.

Coyle Research, Tennessee and Georgia, Various Documents

Lord, I think I am crazy.

I found where I had posted this on my Little Scraps of Paper (the blog where I put everything from my "To-Dos" to the local pizza-place number, because businesses in Eton, Georgia, nearly always have a Chatsworth mailing address for their physical address. First, I thought I had probably posted on Little Scraps instead of North Georgia Kin; maybe I just forgot to toggle the drop-down thingy. Then I wondered, "Who the heck is Ella Goad Coyle, anyway?" And I can't remember. Dang, that's just five months ago! But, I've slept since then, and I do so much genealogy.

Now, I can remember my main lines, and even a lot of secondary lines, but quite often I find myself working on lineages whose surnames are just completely unrelated. Sometimes, it's because I'm trying to untangle somebody's mess on Family Search, to "unmerge" him from our guy and re-create him, using documentation, as their guy (for example, when somebody foolishly merges John Smith, born 1799 in England, with John Smith, born 1854 in Tennessee.

Anyhow, after looking this over and realizing I don't even recollect why I was researching the Coyles, and realizing most of these clips are my own extract of document images, I decided to pop them on here. It might be helpful, not only to someone who is researching these people, but also to anyone who's trying to determine if there's a method to my madness. In these clips, I seem to be talking to myself, bouncing ideas off myself, and giving myself little to-dos and reminders of potential clues to research further. So, here goes Coyle....

Various Coyle Records

Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966, Reg. no. 862, Reg. Dist. no. 801, Stamped (State/Cert?) no. 6498: Benjamin E. Coyle, aged 71 years, 2 months, 3 days, married white male, deceased; resided at 647 Kent st, Memphis, Shelby, Tenn. Birth: 29 Dec 1872 (place unknown). Death: 2 March 1944, St. Joseph Hospital, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee. Length of Stay in Hospital: Suddenly. Length of Stay in Community: 30 yrs. Wife: Mrs Odie L. Coyle (age not stated). Occupation: Carpenter. Social Security Number 412-09-8623. Informant: Mrs B. E. Coyle, of 647 Kent st. Burial: 6 March 1944, at Mem. Park (?Memorial Park?), Memphis. Undertaker: National Funeral Home, Memphis, , Tenn. (Signatures of various officials). [Extract by D.K. Pritchett, FamilySearch contributor.]

Death no. 50-13121: Ella Goad Coyle, aged 80, widowed white female, deceased; resided for 30 years in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee (residence at time of death: 2510 E 18th St). Occupation: Domestic housewife (in) Own home. Birth: 21 Jun 1870, Tennessee, US. Death: 21 Jun 1950, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee. Father: Henry Goad. Mother: Elizabeth Cagle. Informant: Mrs A W Klein, of Chattanooga. Burial: 24 June 1950, Forest Hills, Chattanooga, , Tenn. Funeral Director: National Fnl, Chatta. [Extract by D.K. Pritchett, Family Search contributor.]

United States Census, 1880, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia: Horace Coyle, aged ?0? (maybe 0, maybe a fraction); single male, grandson of Benjamin Coyle. Birth: 1880, Georgia. Both parents born in Georgia. Also in the household, Sallie Coyle, 16-year-old single daughter of Benjamin Coyle, who appears to be ill due to "Labor" ("Labor" is written in the column for sickness). Enumeration Date: 14 Jun 1880.

Checking Two Benjamin Coyles as Possible Duplicates

I think these are duplicates, but I would like to do more research before merging. [Here I was talking about a potential merge of two possibly duplicate Person IDs (PIDs) on Family Search (FamilySearch.org), I know]. The reason this looks pretty good as a match: both men were carpenters (the first one, listed that way by 1910, though he had started out in other jobs). Both men were born in Georgia, but later moved to Tennessee. There do not seem to be any census conflicts, so far; that is, when one is found, the other isn't; and vice versa.

(1) Benjamin Coyle (PID L1PX-XQV) married Mary Ella Goad/Goode, 22 May 1892, Whitfield, Georgia; probable parents of Elizabeth Coyle Klein, since she was born in Dalton. He is probably the one we've attributed as residing 1880 in Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, but is too young to have an occupation at that time. In 1900, he is a sardine packer. By 1910, he is a carpenter in the contracts industry.

(2) Benjamin Coyle (PID LBVT-CT1) married Odie Livingston, 31 March 1914, Shelby, Tennessee. Listed as a carpenter (self or own account) in 1917 (draft reg.), 1920, 1930, 1940, and 1944 (death record).

Harvey Coyle was born 1897, Rome, Ga., to Ben and Ella Coyle (per marriage record in 1919, Kentucky). Census shows that he has a sister named "Lizzie" Coyle, born about 1905, a good fit for Elizabeth Coyle Klein; she is probably "Mrs. A. W. Klein," the informant on the death record of Ella (Goad) Coyle, a "widow" who died in 1950 in Hamilton Co., Tenn. (but she was probably divorced; in the old records, many divorced women called themselves widows). Ella Goad/Goode is a good fit for the Ella Goode who married Benjamin Coyle on 22 May 1892, Whitfield, Georgia, US. Per census, Harvey and Lizzie had another brother, Flave Coyle (full name researched as Flave McCurry Coyle). Flave's death record gives his father as Ben Coyle, born in Ga. It gives his mother's birthplace as Ga., but the name of the mother is unknown. (this could be that Flave's mother was out of his life by the time he married; his wife was the informant on his death record, I think). Flave later drove a truck in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee.

This all fits, so far: Ben was in Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, in 1880, with parents; he married Ella Goad in 1892 in that county. In 1900, he was in Rome, Floyd, Georgia, with wife, Ella, and the first three children. (The records of some of the children show that they were born in Rome or lived there early on). The family apparently moved to Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, between 1904 and 1907. Later records of some of the children have Hamilton Co., Tenn., in them.

That's all, and I'm not sure if I actually did make the determination to merge these or not. But, anyway, here she is on North Georgia Kin. "One Less Thang" on Little Scraps, thank you Forrest Gump. So I can clean up that other blog.

Obituary of W. C. Bearden, of Rocky Face, Whitfield, Georgia and Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, 1911

Subject: Obituary of W. C. Bearden 

Contributor of this extract: Deborah K. Pritchett (Family Search contributor)

Database/Library: GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online (GALILEO)

Publication Title (Newspaper): North Georgia Citizen
Day and Date of Publication: Thursday, 31 Aug 1911
Place of Publication: Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, U.S. 
Page 2
Title of Column: "Mortuary"
Title of Obituary: "W. C. Bearden."

Access Date: 04 Oct 2018
Source URL: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ngnewspapers/id:ngc1911-0272

EXTRACT: 

Name of Deceased: W. C. Bearden
Age: 43
Birth Year (estimated): about 1868 
Date of Death: Wed., 23 Aug 1911

Place of Death: Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga, (Hamilton, Tennessee)

Residence: Not stated; probably Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee

Previous Residence: Rocky Face, (Whitfield, Georgia)

Occupation: Yard conductor, N., C. & St. L. railroad

First Funeral Location: "residence of J. B. Whitener" (thought to be in Chattanooga, but not stated)

[Note: specifics on this first funeral were not given, but since they were mentioned before the fact of removal, and were preached by a Chattanooga minister, then this funeral probably took place on Thursday, 24 August, and probably in Chattanooga.]

First Funeral, Officiator: Rev. Allen Fort, pastor, Second Baptist church (of) Chattanooga, (Hamilton, Tennessee)

Religious Affiliation of Deceased (concluded as Christian, Baptist, Protestant)

Church Membership of Deceased: Second Baptist Church, Chattanooga, (Hamilton, Tennessee) 

Removal (Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, to Rocky Face, Whitfield, Georgia)

Date of Removal: Thurs., 24 Aug 1911

Second Funeral Date: Friday, 25 Aug 1911

Second Funeral Location: [not specified; probably occurred in Rocky Face, Whitfield, Georgia]

Second Funeral Officiator: Rev. Mr. Hudlow, pastor

Date of Burial: Friday, (25 Aug 1911)

Place of Burial: "nearby churchyard" (concluded as Rocky Face, Whitfield, Georgia)

SURVIVORS:

Wife (not named)

Two Children:

   Jesse B. and Essie Mae (concluded as Bearden)

Two Brothers:

   Mr. J. D. Bearden, Tunnel Hill, (Whitfield, Georgia)
   G. W. Bearden, Missouri

Two Sisters:

   Mrs. Sarah Sanson, Rocky Face, (Whitfield, Georgia)
   Mrs. Josie Lynch, Rocky Face, (Whitfield, Georgia)

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[Citation]: Deborah K. Pritchett (Family Search contributor), Obituary Extract, "W. C. Bearden" in "Mortuary," /North Georgia Citizen/ (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia), 31 Aug 1911, page 2 (via GALILEO). http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ngnewspapers/id:ngc1911-0272 (accessed 04 Oct 2018).

[Note: An unrelated obituary for another Bearden appears just under this one: Lilly Bearden, of Rocky Face, eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vince Bearden.]

Fatal Train Wreck, 1906, Boyce Station, Near Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee

Fatal Train Wreck, 1906: Extract from North Georgia Citizen

Database/Library: GA Library of Learning Online (GALILEO)
Newspaper/Publication: North Georgia Citizen 
Place of Publication: Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia
Date of Publication: Thursday, 12 July 1906
Placement: Page 1, Column 1
Contributor (of this extract): D.K. Pritchett
Source URL: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ngnewspapers/id:ngc1906-0218
Access Date: 20 July 2018

Subject: Fatal train wreck on the Western & Atlantic Railroad line, near Boyce Station, near Chattanooga (Hamilton), Tennessee.

Title of Article: "Daltonian Killed in a Collision"

Subtitles of Article:
"Early Sunday Morning on W & A. Railroad"
"Three Others Were Killed"
"Engineer Will P. Hamilton of This City Crushed to Death Instantly by the Impact"

Facts of Accident: Head-on collision; two freight trains involved

Day and Date: Sunday morning (est. 08 July 1906)
Company/Railroad: Western & Atlantic railroad
Location: "near Boyce Station, six miles from Chattanooga"
Location (concluded): Boyce, Hamilton, Tennessee
Speed (Atlanta-bound train): 30 mph

Remarks: "The wreck occurred a few feet from a considerable curve and on an embankment about fifteen feet high."

Remarks: "According to the statements of employes of the railroad, the wreck resulted from the failure of Engineer Atkinson, who was in charge of the Atlanta bound freight, to obey orders. It was stated that he was ordered to take the switch, but this he failed to do, instead coming in contact while running at an estimated speed of 30 miles an hour."

Number of Deceased: four ("enginemen")
Number of Injured: "several trainmen"
Number of Engines Destroyed: 2
Number of Cars Destroyed: 10
Other Property Damage: 1 car of cattle and 1 car of eggs burned

Date of Death (for all below): "Sunday" (08 July 1906, concluded)

Place of Death (for all below, as stated): "near Boyce Station, six miles from Chattanooga"

Place of Death (for all below, concluded): (Boyce, Hamilton, Tennessee)
_____________________

Name of Deceased: W. P. Hamilton (Will P. Hamilton)
Age: "about 43 years old"
Birth Year Estimate: (1863)
Residence: Atlanta, , Georgia
Former Residence: Dalton, (Whitfield), Georgia
Occupation: Engineer of Train no. 8, Western & Atlantic Railroad
Length of (Current) Occupation: "eighteen years" (est. 1888 - 1906)
Manner of Death: "Crushed to Death Instantly"
Removal of Remains: ("brought to") Dalton, (Whitfield), Georgia, "Sunday" (est. 08 July 1906)
Wife (Surviving): formerly Miss Longley
Daughter (Surviving): Mrs. John Boston, of Calhoun, (Gordon, Georgia, concluded)
Son (Surviving): Mr. Will Hamilton, of Rome, (Floyd, Georgia)

Brothers: E. F. Hamilton; F. A. Hamilton; R. E. Hamilton - all of Dalton (Whitfield, Georgia)

Burial: (concluded, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia) "Monday" (est. 09 July 1906)

Memorial Ceremony: "Odd Fellows' rites"; "escort of twelve locomotive engineers from the brotherhood in Atlanta, headed by Mr. Gus Manning"

Remarks: "No blame is attached to Mr. Hamilton...."
_____________________

Name of Deceased: E. F. Pinson
Residence: Ellijay, (Gilmer), Georgia
Occupation: Fireman of train No. 8, Western & Atlantic Railroad
_____________________

Name of Deceased: Robert Atkinson
Residence: Atlanta, , Georgia
Occupation: Engineer of train no. 13, Western & Atlantic Railroad
Manner of Death (concluded, probably died on impact; afterwards, burned); torso recovered
Removal of Remains: found "Monday" (est. 09 July 1906); shipped to Atlanta
Other: Atlanta-bound train
Other: Faulted with accident (failed to take the switch when ordered)

Remarks: "Immediately after the collision fire broke out, burning the remains of the engineer of the Atlanta bound train..."

_____________________

Name of Deceased: A. O. Gentry
Residence: Atlanta, , Georgia
Former Residence: Kennesaw, (Cobb), Georgia
Occupation: Fireman of train no. 13, Western & Atlantic Railroad 
____________________________________________
____________________________________________

Injured Trainmen ("all slight"):
_______________________

Name of Injured: J. E. Collum
Residence: Atlanta, , (Georgia)
Occupation: Conductor No. 13, Western & Atlantic Railroad 
_______________________

Name of Injured: Walter Stradley
Residence: Atlanta, , (Georgia)
Former Residence: Dalton, (Whitfield), Georgia
Occupation: Conductor No. 8, Western & Atlantic Railroad 
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Cephus Stradley 
________________________

Name of Injured: Luther Dover
Residence: Atlanta, , (Georgia)
Occupation: Brakeman, No. 13, Western & Atlantic Railroad
________________________________

SURNAMES: ATKINSON, COLLUM, DOVER, GENTRY, HAMILTON, PINSON, STRADLEY

Other Surnames (related to Hamilton): LONGLEY, BOSTON
________________________________

END OF EXTRACT
________________________________

LINK TO HISTORICAL ARTICLE ABOUT TRAIN WRECK
http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ngnewspapers/id:ngc1906-0218

Transcriber's Note: Boyce Station is now part of East Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee.

Citation:

"Fatal Train Wreck, 1906, Boyce Station, Near Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee," (D.K. Pritchett, contributor), NorthGeorgiaKin.blogspot.com, [Source: "Daltonian Killed in a Collision," North Georgia Citizen (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia), 12 Jul. 1906, page 1 (via GALILEO)]. Source URL: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ngnewspapers/id:ngc1906-0218 (accessed 20 July 2018).

Historical Background (Related Site): 

Lanier: Becoming the Boyce Station Neighborhood Association

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/opinion/columns/story/2018/feb/18/lanier-becoming-boyce-statineighborhood-assoc/463914/

Freeman Jack Bryant, born 1916, Whitfield Co., Georgia; died 1985, Trinity Co., Texas

Freeman Jack Bryant 
(son of James Tom Bryant and Lena A. Anderson)
Birth: 17 July 1916, Whitfield County, Georgia
Death: 21 August 1985, Trinity County, Texas

Marriage 1 (est. 1928-1936): 
Wife: Flora Elizabeth Ownby, daughter of Charles Clinton Ownby and Mary Helen Bohanan. Later separated or divorced.

Marriage 2 (est. 1942-1947): 
Wife: Wilma Agness Epps, daughter of Francis Marion Epps and Emogene Workman.

File uploaded to Google Drive:

View PDF Family Group, with Sources 
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ItINRV4qMLkjXaGM4IKhOnUvRsny5st-

Other names: Freeman Jackson Bryant

Related Surnames: Bryant, Byron (misspelling of Bryant), Ownby or Ownbey or Owenby, Epps, Workman, Bohanan, Wilson (aunt and uncle, of Georgia) 

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.
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[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).

Obituary of Clyde Mullinax, North Georgia Citizen, 1915

Obituary of Clyde Mullinax

Database/Library: GALILEO (GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online)
Subject: Obituary of Clyde Mullinax
Publication: North Georgia Citizen
Place of Publication: Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, US
Date of Publication: Thursday, 11 November 1915
Page: 10
Title of Article: "Clyde Mullinax Died in Atlanta Hospital"

Name of Deceased: Clyde P. Mullinax
Age of Deceased: 23 years
Date of Death: "Saturday" (est. 6 November 1915)
Place of Death (sanitarium): Atlanta ( , Georgia, in a sanitarium)
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis

Grandfather: Mr. Reuben Pearson, deceased, of Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia, US

Mother: Mrs. J. T. Mitchell, surviving

Military: Soldier in the U.S. Army (until "stricken with tuberculosis")

Place of Interment: West View Cemetery, Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia 

Date of Interment: "Monday" (est. 8 November 1915)

Source Citation: 
"Clyde Mullinax Died in Atlanta Hospital," in |North Georgia Citizen| (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia), 11 Nov. 1915, page 10 (via GALILEO). http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ngnewspapers/id:ngc1915-0356 (accessed 09 June 2018, by D.K. Pritchett, contributor).

Obituary of G. W. Mullinax, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, 1913

Obituary of G. W. Mullinax

Database/Library: GALILEO (GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online)
Subject: Death of G. W. Mullinax
Publication: North Georgia Citizen
Place of Publication: Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia
Date of Publication: Thursday, 05 June 1913
Page: 5

Title of Article: "Died at the Re-Union; Was Buried in West Hill"

Subtitle of Article: "G. W. Mullinax, Former Resident of Dalton, Buried Friday" 

Name of Deceased: G. W. Mullinax
Maiden Name of Deceased: Miss Phillips
Spouse of Deceased: Hub Mullinax
Residence of Deceased: Dalton (Whitfield, Georgia, US)
Date of Death: "last week" (est. May 1913)
Place of Death: Chattanooga (Hamilton, Tennessee, US) 
Military Service: Confederate veteran (Veteran of the Civil War, Confederate States of America)

Funeral Location: "House of Mrs. Ashworth, on North Hamilton street" (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia)

Officiator: Rev. J. A. Shugart

Interment: West Hill Cemetery (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia)
Date of Interment: "Friday" (est. 30 May 1913) 
Residence: Lindale (Floyd, Georgia, US)
Former Residence (home town): Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia (concluded)

Quoted Text: "Mr. G. W. Mullinax, an aged Confederate veteran who died while attending the re-union in Chattanooga last week, was brought here, his old home, for burial Friday."

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[Source Citation]: Death of G. W. Mullinax, "Died at the Re-Union; Was Buried in West Hill," in "Personal Paragraphs" (column), |North Georgia Citizen| (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia), 5 Jun. 1913, page 5  (via GALILEO). http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ngnewspapers/id:ngc1913-0209 (accessed 09 June 2018, by D.K. Pritchett).

Related stories about the Confederate Reunion appear in several issues of the same newspaper in the week or so preceding this obituary. The reunion was the last week in May, and was a large one.

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

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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).

Obituary (Extract): Jeffie McDaniel, Mrs. John Henry Jones

Obituary of Jeffie (McDaniel) Jones
Extract by D.K. Pritchett
Library/Database: GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online (GALILEO)
Publication: North Georgia Citizen
Place of Publication: Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia
Date of Publication: Thurs., 26 Feb. 1914
Page 5

Headline: "Mrs. John Henry Jones Died Yesterday Morning,"

Permanent Link: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ngnewspapers/id:ngc1914-0073

Access Date: 13 May 2018

Married Name: Mrs. John Henry Jones
Maiden Name: Jeffie McDaniel
Marriage year: about 1912

Date of Death (not stated; implied): on or before 26 Feb. 1914

Date of Funeral (announced): Friday, est. 27 Feb. 1914

City of Interment: Calhoun (Gordon Co., Georgia)

Birth Place (or Home Town as young child): Calhoun (Gordon Co.), Georgia

Home Town (later as a child): Whitfield County, Georgia

Residence (at time of death): Fitzgerald, , Georgia

Husband (surviving): John Henry Jones, formerly of Clio, (Barbour Co.), Alabama

Parents (surviving): Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McDaniel, of Calhoun (Gordon Co., Georgia)

Sisters (surviving): Nettie, Maude, and Julia McDaniel; Mrs. Glover (Atlanta); Mrs. Logan R. Pitts (Calhoun)

Baby daughter (surviving; not named in obituary)

[Citation]: "Mrs. John Henry Jones Died Yesterday Morning," |North Georgia Citizen| (Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia), 26 Feb. 1914, page 5 (via GALILEO). http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ngnewspapers/id:ngc1914-0073 (accessed 13 May 2018; extract by D.K. Pritchett).

Also published by D.K. Pritchett on FamilySearch.org, as a source.