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ship 1, range 2, east; entry 5146, southwest quarter, sec- tion 18, township 1, range 2, east; granted 3212, dated February 13, 1838. He bought from John Calloway en- try 320, southeast quarter traction, township 2, range 3, west.
The children of Eli and Polly Cleveland were:
One. Robert R. He was born September 15, 1808; d. April, 1868. He married Sydney G., daughter of Mat-
thew Nelson, of Philadelphia, January 20, 1835. She was born July 15, 1811, and d. October 3, 1884. He was a wealthy farmer and merchant of Philadelphia, Tenn. They had one daughter, Clemintina, who married Dr. Franklin King Berry. (See Berry.)
Two. Matilda. She married John Chesnutt, son of Henry Chesnutt. They moved to Ooltewah, Tenn. Had no children.
Three. Caroline. She married Joseph Walker, of Fork Creek Valley on March 1, 1838. They had no chil- dren. (See Walker.)
Four. Jesse. Married Miss Spriggs, of Bradley Coun- ty, Tenn., and lived on Candy's Creek.
Five. Eli Matthew, b. 1827 ; m. Emeline, daughter of Jno. Pennington, September 28, 1843. d. 1871. They had eight children, six girls and two boys. They moved to Hamilton County, near Ooltewah, Tenn., where he died three or four years after the Civil War; aged about 58 years.
Six. Aley Mathis, b. May 7, 1813; d. May 30, 1855; m. J. D. Jones, whom see.
Seven. Clarissa, b. September 6, 1815. Baptized March, 1833; d. March 11, 1880. She m. Jesse F. Jones (brother of J. D. Jones), whom see.
Eight. David H., b. November 5, 1824; d. August 10, 1900. He joined the Baptist church in August, 1842. He married first, his cousin, Elizabeth A. Johnson, daughter of Louis Johnson, July 11, 1844. R. Snead, M. G. She was b. January 5, 1827 ; d. December 31, 1882. She was a member of the Baptist church. They lived on his father's, Eli Cleveland's, place which Mr. Cleveland owned at the time of his death.
The children of this marriage were:
1. Jesse F., b. July 11, 1845; d. October 27, 1846.
2. Mary Katherine, b. January 4, 1847.
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3. Eli, b. December 11, 1848.
4. Sydney, A.
5. Louis J., b. February 17, 1853; d. October 4, 1853.
6. Callie, b. August 17, 1854.
7. Robert Mathis, b. November 9, 1856.
8. Joseph Jones, b. November 20, 1858.
9. Eliza, May 5, 1861; d. October 1, 1862.
10. Aley, b. December 11, 1863.
11. Viola Jessamine, b. December 15, 1865.
12. Benjamin, b. December 4, 1867.
D. H. Cleveland m. Malinda Sherman (second), . and their children were:
13. (1) John Sherman.
14. (2) Malinda Neil.
15. (3) Davy Grace.
2. Mary K., married Seth Mckinney, son of David P. Walker, January 3, 1862. He then lived at Boiling Springs in Fork Creek Valley. In 188 -- they moved to Sweetwater. Went to Sherman, Texas, in 1887. Mrs. Walker died there in April, 1906. In a communication March 14, 1916, Miss Faun Yearwood, of Knoxville, gives me as follows about the S. M. and Mary K. Walker family.
They were the parents of twelve children:
1. Jennie Anne.
2. Alice Elizabeth.
3. David Franklin (died in infancy).
4. Eliza Caroline.
5. Joseph (died in infancy).
6. Zeb Mckinney.
7. Lena Ula.
8. Katherine.
9. Robert.
10. Helen (died in infancy).
11. Emmett.
12. Eugene (died in infancy).
1. Jennie A. Walker married Richard Jarnagin Year- wood, January 10, 1883. Now living in Knoxville, Tenn.
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Have three children :
1. Maude, married John Staub Fouche, April 6, 1904, and have one son, John S., Jr. Live in Chattanooga, Tenn.
2. Faun, Knoxville, Tenn.
3. Richard Horace, U. S. N.
2. Alice Elizabeth Walker married John B. Montgomery, September 5, 1883. Now living in Knoxville, Tenn. Have one child :
1. Helen Louise, married Walter B. McLean, May 25, 1904, and have one daughter, Louise. Live in Knoxville, Tenn.
3. David Franklin, died in infancy.
4. Eliza Caroline.
5. Joseph, died in infancy.
6. Zeb Mckinney Walker, married and lives in Sherman, Texas.
7. Lena Ula Walker married John Henry Hurst, at Bon- ham, Texas, February 24, 1888. Now live at Long- view, Texas.
Have five children :
1. Henry Eugene Hurst, unmarried, employed by Ford Motor Co., Dallas, Texas.
2. John Russell, Longview Texas.
3. Edith Isabella, married Collie Carr Moye, January 1, 1912, and have one daughter, Edith Earline. Live in Longview, Texas.
4. Lewis, Beaumont, Texas.
5. Julian Harrison, Longview, Texas.
8. Katherine Walker, married George Blair. Now live in Sherman, Texas.
Have two children :
1. Jeff.
2. Raymond.
9. Robert Walker, married and lives in Sherman, Texas. 10. Helen Walker, died in infancy.
11. Emmett Walker, died in Philippine Islands, U. S. A., 26 years.
12. Eugene Walker, died in infancy.
3. Eli, son of D. H. Cleveland, m. Susan Martin, dau. Polly Griffitts Martin on November 22, 1881. He is a farmer owning a large tract of land about half way be-
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tween Sweetwater and Philadelphia. He lives in the town of Sweetwater, where he is interested in the hardware business. The children of Eli and Susan Martin Cleve- . land are :
(1) Annie, b. September 4, 1882; m. Edgar Heiskell, whom see.
(2) Hulah, b. June 7, 1884; m. Horace Browder, whom see.
(3) Elizabeth, b. April 18, 1886; m. Myrtland Rollins. He is assistant city attorney of the city of St. Louis, Mo.
(4) David Martin, b. October 13, 1888. He is in the hardware business at Sweetwater.
(5) Martha Waren, b. 1890; m. Frank Dykeman Ruth. He is a manufacturer of wood veneer at Buchanan, Va.
(6) Eunice Eli.
(8) Susan Marguerite.
4. Sydney A., fourth child of D. H. Cleveland, m. Benj. F. Hudson. son of Richard Hudson. He is a farmer living in Fork Creek valley. Their children are: Eli, David, Jessie, d .; Cleo. m .; Pearl, m. Kimbrough, Ruby, m .; Garnett m .; Vanoy, m. Jessie Simpson.
5. Callie, m. James A., son of W. E. Johnson and grandson of Louis Johnson, on March 4, 1875. He was born January 31, 1849; d. February 26, 1899. He was a farmer in Pond Creek valley and afterwards moved to Sweetwater. After his death his wife and family moved to Oaksdale, Wash., March 21, 1910. Their children are:
(1) Sydney, b. September 3, 1876.
(2) David Cleveland, b. September 30, 1878.
(3) Eliza A., b. June 13, 1880; d. May 13, 1908.
(4) Maud, b. September 13, 1883; d. July 12, 1912.
(5) William E., b. June 18, 1886 ; d. December 13, 1886.
(6) Elizabeth, b. May 11, 1890.
(7) James A., b. March 3, 1892.
(8) Robert M., b. November 13, 1894; d. June 19, 1895.
7. Robert Mathis, was born November 9, 1856. Came to the town of Sweetwater, first as a clerk and then in the mercantile business for himself. He married Mag- gie Carmichael, of McMinn County, on December 7, 1884. He was an alderman of Sweetwater for many years and was mayor of the town in 1890. He was a justice of the
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peace of the first civil district of Monroe for sixteen years. He moved to Chattanooga in 1902, where he en- gaged in the retail grocery business until his death. His widow resides at 110 Findlay Street, Chattanooga. Their children were :
Frances, b. December 8, 1886; m. J. Rollins, newspaper man, June 11, 1908.
Sammie, b. January 5, 1889.
Alena, b. January, 1891; m. O. L. Holt, a manufact- urer, Chattanooga, August 17, 1911.
Robert Mathis, b. November 13, 1900.
8. Joseph Jones, b. November 20, 1858; m. Sallie, daughter of Hon. W. H. Turley, of McMinn County, June 28, 1882. They lived in McMinn County., where his first wife died. He went to Hamilton, Texas, in Septem- ber, 1886. There he married (second) Irene Perry on April 23, 1887. He is a school teacher. Their children are :
(1) Geo. G., b. April 17, 1888; m. Fay Reid, Henrietta, Texas, April 13, 1913. Farmer.
(2) Joe J., Jr., b. June 9, 1890. Assistant cashier Hamilton National Bank, Hamilton, Texas.
(3) Charles C., b. August 18, 1894. Student Baylor Medical College, Dallas, Texas.
10. Aley, m. William Jones, son of Joshua Jones, of South Carolina, May 27, 1881. Their children are: (1) Alex., m .; (2) Rhea; (3) Ophelia; (4) Sydney; (5) Frank; (6) Ole; (7) Pearl; (8)
11. Viola Jessamine, m. R. L. Carter July 1, 1886. He was born January, 1859. Children :
(1) Matt, m. Nannie Martin, of Chattanooga, April 27, 1914. He is a bank employee there.
(2) Bess.
(3) Clifford, in the produce business with his father at Sweetwater.
(4) Bland L., m. Alan B. DeArmond October, 1915. Re- side at Athens, Tenn.
(5) Robert L., Jr.
(6) Gladys.
(7) Fred.
12. Benjamin, the twelfth child of D. H. and Elizabeth Johnson Cleveland, was born December 4, 1867. He went to Spokane, Wash., where he married.
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David H. Cleveland married (second) Malinda Neil, daughter of John Sherman, of Niota, Tenn. She was at that time the widow of Bart Forrest. Their children:
(13) John Sherman, b. October 28, 1885; d. Septem- ber 26, 1891.
(14) Malinda Neil, b. February 4, 1888; m. J. Gid. Johnson November 10, 1910. He is a farmer and is also engaged in the jewelry business at Sweetwater. They have one child, J. Gid, Jr., b. May 17, 1913.
(15) Davy Grace, b. August 29, 1890; m. G. W. Fallin, of Fort Worth, Texas, on December 23, 1913.
PRESLEY CLEVELAND
Was born in Wilkes County, N. C., September 16, 1779; he was the son of Captain Robert Cleveland and the brother of Eli Cleveland. He died in Sweetwater Valley May 31, 1861. His wife was Elizabeth, the sister of Louis Johnson. She was born February 17, 1792, and died November 30, 1854. They were both members of the Baptist church on Sweetwater and were buried in the cemetery near that place.
Presley Cleveland was a farmer and acquired lands as follows: 370 acres from the State, the northeast and northwest quarters of section 24, township 1, range 1, east, and 50 bought of Jno. Pennington, south side of southeast quarter sec. 13, township 1, range 1, east.
The children of Presley and Elizabeth Cleveland were : One. Robert, d. August, 1854.
Two. Aley, b. October 14, 1816; d. November 3, 1824.
Three. William, b. October 11, 1820; d. August 22, 1835.
Four. Eliza Ann, d. 1911.
Five. Larkin, b. 1825.
Six. Caroline, b. November 25, 1827; d. November 10, 1896.
Seven. Harvey H., b. March 18, 1830; d. September 25, 1854.
One. Robert, m. Elizabeth Snead, daughter of Robert Snead, on June 4, 1840. They moved to Bradley County, Tenn., where he died and was buried. His widow came back to Sweetwater Valley and lived for some years across the creek from the Robert Snead residence. She
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died July 27, 1875, and was buried at the old Sweetwater cemetery. She was a member of the Baptist church. The children of Robert and Elizabeth Cleveland were:
1. William, b. April 9, 1843. He served in the Con- federate army during the Civil War; was a member of the Methodist Church, South. He was a progressive farmer and lived on the Athens road one and one-half miles south of Sweetwater. He died February 10, 1902, and was buried in old Sweetwater cemetery. He mar- ried Mary F., daughter of J. J. Browder, on June 24, 1867. Their children were:
(1) Addie V., b. March 6, 1868 ; m. Mark L. Harden, Au- gust 16, 1892; d. January 10, 1895.
(2) William, b. August 25, 1879; m. Myrtle Laycock October 5, 1904; d. October 10, 1909.
(3) Henry, b. March 8, 1882; m. Jennie Burk, of Sher- man, Tex., December 30, 1907. He is a farmer in Sweet- water Valley.
(4) Ellis, b. November 5, 1886. Moved to Olustee, Okla., where he now (1916) lives.
(5) Ora.
(6) Julia.
2. Presley, second son of Robert and Elizabeth Snead Cleveland, was born in Bradley County, Tenn., January 28, 1845. He married Belle Bryant in McMinn County July 4, 1867. She was the daughter of Ellis and the sis- ter of Louis Bryant. They moved to Gentry County, Mo., in 1877. He is a farmer. His address is Albany, Mo. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church. Their children were :
(1) James H., b. in McMinn County, April 24, 1868.
(2) William, b. November 11, 1871; d. February 6, 1901.
(3) Mary E., b. October 15, 1874, in Monroe County, Tenn.
(4) Allison B., b. February 16, 1868.
(5) Annie, b. November 1, 1880.
(6) Allie V., b. August 24, 1882.
Four of these children live in Gentry County, Mo. (3) Mary E. lives in Clarkston, Wash.
3. Mary E. aunt of above Mary E., sister of Wm. and Presley Cleveland married Horace F., son of Francis A. Patton, whom see.
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4. Robert, third son of R. and E. Cleveland was b. in 1852. He m. Georgetta Martin nee Wallace and lives at Blue Spring, Tenn.
Four. Eliza Ann m. William E. Johnson. He was a farmer and resided on Pond Creek just above old Os- borne (Dyche) farm. They were the parents of four children.
Five. Larkin Cleveland, b. in 1825; m. Minerva Parker. They reared a large family. Seven of them went west. Of their history little is known. Nannie m. John Rausin and lives in Oregon. Alfred married and lives in Mis- souri; Cordie and Eliza are married ; names of husbands and residences not known.
Six. Caroline, third daughter of Presley and Elizabeth Johnson Cleveland. married Samuel Jesse Martin Oc- tober 24, 1859. He was the son of S. J. and Polly Ragon Martin. His father and mother both died when he and his younger brother, Charles B. were quite young. They were taken and reared by their kinsman, Elder Eli Cleve- land. When about 15 years of age Jesse went to Ham- ilton County, Tenn .. and lived four or five years with John Chesnutt, husband of Matilda Cleveland. He there learned the carpenter's trade and returned to Eli Cleve- land's. He was the first layman to be moderator of the Baptist church on Sweetwater, and also the first layman to be moderator of the Sweetwater Baptist Association. He was a popular man with the people and was elected joint representative of Loudon and Monroe counties to the Thirty-eighth General Assembly of Tennessee, over H. A. Chambers, Democrat, in November, 1872. His children were:
(1) Sallie, b. July 15, 1861; d. May 27, 1879 ; m. Pryor, son of Humphrey Schultz, of Niota, Tenn., February 16, 1886. They had two children.
(2) Carrie Belle, m. Geo. Cline, son of Geo. Cline, works with Knoxville Traction Co.
(3) Samuel, b. October 22, 1862; m. Amanda Patton, of Cumberland County, Tenn., January 21, 1892. She was the daughter of John Patton who lives nine miles northeast of Crossville, Tenn. Samuel M. is a farmer and civil engineer. Their children are: Jesse, Charles, Luther, Scott, Lucille, Beatrice, Zirkle, , Mc-
Clain and Winona.
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Charles B. Martin, younger brother of Samuel J. was educated for the ministry, mostly by Elder Eli Cleve- land, assisted partially by the Baptist church on Sweet- water Creek. When he was about 21 years old, in about 1856, he went to Van Buren County, Mo.
Seven. Harvey H., fourth son of Presley and Elizabeth Johnson Cleveland, married Mary Ann, daughter of John and Alpha Pennington, in March,1854. He died about six months afterwards, September 25, probably of cholera.
THE CANNONS.
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John Cannon was born in Caswell County, N. C., on March 18, 1744, and died in Grassy Valley, Knox Coun- ty, Tenn., in October, 1906. He was the son of William Cannon who first lived in Cumberland County, Virginia, and then moved to Caswell County, N. C. The wife of John Cannon was Ann Whitlow, who was born in North Carolina on November 18, 1747. She died in Knox Coun- ty, Tenn., on July 1, 1830. John Cannon moved from North Carolina to Sevier County, Tenn., some time be- fore 1795, when he came to Knox County, Tenn. He had three sons, William, John and Robert, and one daughter, Cynthia. Cynthia married M. C. Rogers. She died at Huntsville, Texas, November 24, 1855. Robert Cannon was born September 30, 1781, in Sevier County. He died at his residence in Roane (now Loudon) county, between Loudon and Philadelphia, on August 21, 1854. Ann Gal- braith, wife of Robert Cannon, was born July 15, 1792, in Knox County. She died April 29, 1859. They are said to have eloped, when they married in 1812, and lo- cated in Roane County (now Loudon), on what is known as the old Matlock farm near Lenoir City, Tenn. Their children were:
1. Evaline, b. August 5, 1813; d. of yellow fever Hunts- ville, Texas, about 1854.
2. John G., b. 1815; d. December 21, 1827.
3. Louisa, b. April 16, 1819; d. at Philadelphia, Tenn., September 13, 1894.
4. Elizabeth Martin, b. June 11, 1822; d. in Indiana. (See Moore.)
5. William, b. November 10, 1824; d. Feb. 2, 1897.
6. Charles, b. --- , 1826 ; d. June 26, 1888.
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7. Sydney Ann, b. April 19, 1830; d. July 21, 1854. (See J. W. Clark.)
8. Martha Ellen, b. April 25, 1833. (See Solomon Bogart.)
Of the above Cannon children the first three, Evaline, John and Louisa were born at the Matlock place, near Lenoir City, and the others were born at the Cannon place near Philadelphia, Tenn.
1. Evaline Cannon married Henderson Yoakum, the historian of Texas and a lawyer of Huntsville, Texas, in 1832. Their children were:
(1) Elizabeth, b. at Murfreesboro, Tenn., in 1832; m. Campbell, a lawyer at Huntsville, Texas. She died at Los Angeles, Cal., leaving one son, who resides at Los Angeles.
(2) Martha, d. in infancy.
(3) Mary, married
(4) Annie, d. April, 1871, at Springfield, Texas. Un- married.
(5) Robert, lives at San Marcos, Texas.
(6) Houston, b. 1858; married; d. San Marcos, Tex., about 1912.
(7) Henderson, d. in youth.
3. Louisa, third child of Robert and Ann Cannon, mar- ried (first) Laurence, son of Mathew Nelson, in 1834. After his death she married (second) James Chesnut. He was born April 5, 1808. He died of cholera July 31, 1854. She married (third) Joseph D. Jones, on Decem- ber 6, 1861. (See J. D. Jones.)
5. William, fifth child of Robert and Ann Cannon, married Susan Bogart, daughter of Solomon and Ann Moore Bogart, on February 28, 1856. She was born at Athens, Tenn., October 21, 1836. Their children were:
(1) Robert Newton, b. December 28, 1856; d. at Phila- delphia, Tenn., March 28, 1898. He was a grain broker and land owner at Paullina, Iowa, for a number of years before his death.
(2) Frank, b. October 27, 1859; d. March 28, 1894.
(3) Charles Columbus, b. January 28, 1862; m. Grace Jennings at Paullina, Iowa, on 18 -. Their chil- dren were: William, b. -
----- d. -; Susan, b. 190 ; Margaret Bogart, b. October 4, 1902; Mary Matil- da, b. May 15, 1908, and d .-
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(4) Willie, b. January 10, 1865 ; d. October 8, 1867.
(5) Annie Yoakum, b. May 21, 1868. (See W. F. Lenoir.)
(6) Mary Louisa, b. June 18, 1871. She married Joseph M. Logan, son of the late Judge S. T. Logan, of Knoxville, Tenn., on July 22, 1897. Their children are: Maria Louise, born at the old Cannon place, Meadow- brook, near Philadelphia, on October 6, 1898, and Jose- phine, born at Knoxville, Tenn., March 9, 1908.
(7) Arthur Bogart Cannon married Julia Clark Thomas at Nashville, Tenn., on December 29, 1908. Their children were: Elizabeth, b. October 25, 1909; Sarah, b. August 12, 1912; d. - -- 191 ; and Arthur Bogart, b. February 3, 1916.
6. Charles, second son of Robert and Ann Galbraith Cannon was born at the old Cannon place near Philadel- phia. He was married (first) to Lodusky Caroline, daughter of J. D. and Aley Cleveland Jones, on Feb- ruary 11, 1852. They moved from Philadelphia to the Fine place near Sweetwater, in 1859. Their children were :
(1) Mary Alice, b. January 20, 1854. She mar- ried Joseph H. Bean, of Knoxville, on November 26, 1890. He was born in Monroe County, September 15, 1853. He learned the printers trade in Knoxville; he was edi- tor and proprietor of the Monroe Democrat, a weekly published in Sweetwater, from January, 1876 to Jan- uary, 1890; he was manager and proprietor of the Knox- ville Tribune, a daily paper published in Knoxville, from 1890 to 1892. He is now a member of the firm of Bean, Warters and Company, printers, bookbinders and sta- tioners, at 706 Gay Street, Knoxville Tenn. The chil- dren of J. H. and Alice Bean are: Helen Lodusky, b. May 21, 1892; m. Geo. Rogers, teacher, of Charleston, S. C .; they reside at Charleston, S. C .; Alice, b. Novem- ber 24, 1893.
(2) William C., son of Charles Caroline Cannon, was born February 4, 1860. He married Annie Mildred, daughter of Eli S. Adkins, on 1890. She was born April 26, 1866. They have one daughter, Louise, born July, 189 . William C. Cannon lives at Philadel- phia in the old home of his grandfather, J. D. Jones.
Charles Cannon married (second) Helen Graham, of
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Pond Creek Valley, on December 17, 1868. Their chil- dren were:
(1) Martha Bland, who married David Carter Young on December 14, 1897. He was born August 18, 1865, the son of the Rev. Jas. N. and Sarah Carter Young. He attended school at Roane and Sweetwater colleges and studied law while teaching school. He was a law part- ner of his brother, Colonel Sam Epps Young, at Sweet- water, from 1888 to 1911. He is at present practising law at Sweetwater. He is also a farmer, real estate owner and dairyman. He is a member and elder of the Presbyterian church and has been Sunday-school sup- erintendent. Their children are: David Graham, b. Au- gust 27, 1900; Helen Graham, b. May 6, 1904; Bland Eliz- abeth, b. December 10, 1906, and Sarah Louise, b. July 22, 1910.
(2) Sue Graham, second daughter of Chas. and Helen Cannon, married S. J. Pickel. (See Pickel.)
(3) Louise Caroline, third daughter of Chas. and Helen Cannon, married Everett Grace, son of the Rev. . W. C. Grace, former pastor of the Baptist church at Sweetwater. He was born September 9, 1873. He is a ·broker at Birmingham, Ala.
(4) Ann Elizabeth, fourth daughter of Chas. and Helen Cannon, married Jno. F. Hargrove, of Fork Creek valley. He is a merchant at Robbins, Tenn.
(5) Ida Clark, youngest daughter of Chas. and Helen Cannon, married A. J. Binzel, trainmaster of the L. & N. Railroad at Knoxville, Tenn. Their children are Cath- erine and Alvin John.
DAVID BURTON CHILDRESS
Was born in Sullivan County, Tenn., April 14, 1831, the son of Finley Childress. His mother was Betsey Perry, a direct descendant of Commodore O. H. Perry. David Burton Childress came to Athens, Tenn., in 1857, where he clerked there for A. McKeldin. He married Miss Mary Jones on December 20, 1860. She was an older sister of Mrs. James M. Heiskell. She was born in Wilmington, N. C., May 11, 1841. They came to Sweetwater in 1865. He engaged in the general mer- cantile business with W. B. McKeldin as partner, for a
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year or two, when the partnership was dissolved, Mr. McKeldin returning to his former home at Athens. Mr. Childress remained in business until a short time before his death which occurred November 21, 1887. Some of the clerks for D. B. Childress were Hugh M. McKeldin, Sam Scott, R. E. Magill, Millard Hudson and J. H. Dickey, all successful business men afterward. For history of R. E. Magill see "Magill Family Record," page 103, by Robert Magill, Publisher, Richmond, Va. History of J. H. Dickey see Goddard, this book.
He was interred in the old Sweetwater cemetery. He first lived in the house now owned by S. H. Sharp. On April 5, 1873, he bought 15 1-2 acres, now the property of Mrs. J. R. Love, on the Athens road, and built and moved there. He was both mayor and an alderman of Sweet- water a number of times. The children of Mary and D. B. Childress were :
1. Samuella, b. June 14, 1862. She married James I. Carter on December 27, 1881. He was born January 11, 1858, the son of John G. Carter, of Charleston, Tenn. He was in business with J. H. Patton for several years, then a merchant in Sweetwater in partnership with his brother, John Carter, until about 1884, when he went to Chicago, where he was a member of the Board of Trade. He is now a capitalist in Chattanooga, with a city resi- dence on Bluff View and a summer residence near the incline on Lookout Mountain.
The children of J. I. and Samuella Carter are:
(1) John Garnett, b. February 9, 1883. He m. Frieda Utermoehlen, a musical composer.
(2) Mary Lynn, b. April 7, 1885.
(3) Paul Burton, b. February 10, 1888. He is in busi- ness with his father.
(4) Lucille, b. August 30, 1891; m. James Glasscock, now with Proctor & Gamble, at Cleveland, O.
(5) Doris Inman, b. March 3, 1900.
2. Laura Edna, second daughter of D. B. and Mary Childress, b. January 18, 1868. She was married Oc- tober 12, 1887 to L. P. Thatcher, wholesale grocer, of Chattanooga. He died in 1906. Their children were:
(1) Burton Craighead, b. 1888.
(2) Samuel Eugene.
(3) Hugh Lynn.
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(4) Elizabeth.
(5) Louis P.
(7) and (8) Wendell and Laurette, twins.
(9) Kenneth.
(10) Douglas, about 10 years old. These are all liv- ing; the sixth child, Justis is dead.
3. Hugh Lynn, b. January 28, 1870; d. February 4, 1898. He was an expert telegrapher and fine business man. When he was 27 years of age he was superintend- ent of the southern division of the Postal Telegraph Company, the youngest in the service.
4. Berta, b. September 23, 1872. She m. David Ran- kin, of Chattanooga, June 23, 1896. She d. October 2, 1897.
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