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101	In 1900 James M. Browning was living with his brother and his family, John D. Browning.	Browning, James Madison (I973)
102	In 1998 Ruth Merkle Cather said that Beulah McGalliard had married a Jones who had died young and left her with several children. The 1930 census has a Beulah (born 1902) and Lee Jones living in Hanover, Coosa County, Alabama with two children. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sylacauga News, Thusday, September 14, 1979 Jones, Mrs. Beulah Levonnia Services for Mrs. Beulah Levonnia Jones, 75, of 308 Avondale Ave, Sylacauga who died Tuesday, September 12, at the Sylacauga Hospital were held Thursday, September 14, at the Village Street Baptist Church with Rev J.D. Fleming and Rev. Ronnie Dye officiating. Burial was in Andrews Chapel Cemetery in Hanover, Gillum-Curtis Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Jones, a native of Coosa County, was retired from Avondale Mills. Survivors include two sons, Winston L Jones of Pell City, Earl B. Jones of Sylacauga; three daughters, Mrs. Mary Lee Piechowski of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mrs. Ann Krohn of Columbus, Georgia, Mrs Ruth Goswick Cast of Sylacauga; two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Suit and Mrs. Margie Merkle, both of Sylacauga; 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Social Security Death Index reports her birth as 1901, but her grave marker says 1902.	McGalliard, Beulah Levonnia (I3387)
103	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Private (I1052)
104	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Private (I3518)
105	In the 1920 Clay County, Alabama census, Joshua Baker was living in the Clay County Poor House.	Baker, Joshua H. (I3566)
106	In the 1930 census, Walter Adams was a mechanic at the cotton gin in Waco, Texas.	Adams, Walter Lafayette (I159)
107	Information on Katherine is from "Families Remembered". I have no proof.	Steinseiffer, Katherine (I674)
108	Information that Sarah Tankersley's parents were John and Letty Tankersley was found on http://www.genealogy.com Craft forum, subject #2137.	Tankersley, Sarah (I533)
109	Information that Whinney Tankersley's parents were John and Letty Tankersley is from http://www.genealogy.com Craft forum, subject #2137.	Tankersley, Whinney (I528)
110	Interview with Etta Morgan Douglas: Alexander Cumbie could sing Sacred Harp really well and never refused. Granny (Lizzie Skinner Smith Cumbie Jones) sang treble. Dan Harris and Aunt Julie ran Grandpa Cumbie off. All he did was cobble and they didn't like him. He went to Florida and was never heard from again.	Cumbie, Alexander W. (I3298)
111	Interview with Etta Morgan Douglas: Uncle Dan was a roofer. When in his late 20s or early 30s, he jumped off the running board of a car and broke his leg. The bone came through the skin and gangrene set in. They were unable to save the leg. Etta Morgan had wanted to be a nurse until then.	Harris, Dan Curtis (I163)
112	J.R. Griffin and Lugenia Pope were married at her father's, Benjamin Pope, home by Rev. L.P. Hodnett. J.W. Graben and J.O. McColum attested with the bond by J.R. Griffin and E.E. Kitchens.	Family F436
113	James Royal's WWI Draft Registration Card states his birthdate as 17 September 1884, he was living in Hollins, Alabama and his nearest relative was his wife, Vera. He was of medium height and build with blue eyes and light colored hair. He signed the card with his mark.	Royal, James Luther (I2667)
114	John D. Browning was living alone on Brownsville Rd., household #29 on the 1930 Clay County census, series T626, Roll 6, page 224.	Browning, John Daniel (I967)
115	John Ernest Royal's WWI draft registration card states he was of medium height and medium build with grey eyes and brown hair. It also states three fingers were missing from his right hand. It gives his mother, Fannie Elva Royal, as nearest kin.	Royal, John Ernest (I3166)
116	Joseph P. Stonecypher's grave marker reads: J.P. STONECYPHER born May 24, 1856 died April 6, 1941 Gone but not forgotten ~~~~~~ According to his death certificate, Vol. 17 #8107, Joseph Stonecypher's mother was Sallie Smith, born in Georgia. The informant was Mrs. M.B. Popwell, daughter.	Stonecypher, Joseph Peter (I222)
117	Joseph Stonecipher was listed in 1815 Tax List in Ashe Co., NC - 1 white poll I have two different death dates for Joseph. 1847 from Lura Glass decendency chart and Fayette Facts, XVII #3, Stonecipher article and 1840 from "Families Remembered". I have no proof for either. From Fayette Facts, XVII, #3 Stonecipher Family which was taken from "The Stonecipher Tree" by Mary Underwood: Joseph Stonecipher, the eldest son of John Henry and Ellen Dortch Stonecipher, born in Culpeper County, Virginia in 1754, went to Wilkes County, North Carolina in 1773. He volunteered there for duty during the Revolutionary War. His first term was for three months and he was later drafted for another three months. He was in the Battle of Cox's Mill and King's Mountain, among others. Joseph married Salome Ross in 1781 at Golden Grove on the banks of the Watauga River in Wilkes County, North Carolina. She may have come from Pennsylvania with her family. Joseph and Salome removed to Tennessee ca 1812 and he died there in Morgan County, July 30, 1847. Salome died some time after that. They were the parents of eight children.	Stonecypher, Joseph (I270)
118	Josiah Smith was a private in the Coosa Independent Confederate Volunteers, Company B, 12th Infantry. (Coosa Heritage, July 1980, p.4)	Smith, Josiah (I2592)
119	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Private (I454)
120	Lander Jackson Browning enlisted in the Marines in WWI on 22 July 1917 in Akron, Ohio. According to the Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the World War, 1917-1918, Volume 22 his war record included: Parris Island Summary Court; Co T 18 Aug 1917; Co M 4 Feb 1918; Naval Prison Portsmouth NH 10 Apr 1918; Marine Flying Field Miami Fla 17 March 1919; Squadron B Parris Island Summary Court 12 June 1919. Discharge 15 July 1919; Character excellent File no 97848.	Browning, Lander Jackson (I3242)
121	Lewis Horton entered service 3 Sept. 1861, Co. C 25th Alabama, Reg. Inf. Wounded at Murfreesboro, TN, Chicamauga and Atlanta, hip, leg and foot. (Confederate Pension Record)	Horton, Lewis Marion (I1826)
122	Lived in Akron, Summit County, Ohio at time of WWII draft registration and worked at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.	Browning, Francis Glover (I3317)
123	Lived on Sycamore Road, Sycamore, Talladega County, Alabama on the 1910 census.	Hand, John H. (I3519)
124	Living in Randolph County by 1860, Rockdale post office.	Browning, John (I3157)
125	Living with uncle, Sidney Lafayette Browning in Clay County, Texas in 1910.	Browning, James M. (I3313)
126	Lyda's name was pronounced "Lida", long "i".	Royal, Lyda (I3054)
127	Marriage took place at home of Amy "Royalls".	Family F1012
128	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family F283
129	Martha Baggett was living with Garrett and Sarah Craft in DeKalb County, Georgia in 1870 and is listed on the census, Roll: M593_147; Page: 269, with the last name Craft. On 1 December 1860, Garrett L. Craft purchased 39.96 acres in Randolph County, Alabama in Section 32, Twp. 19S, Range 12E On 1 July 1861, Garrett L. Croft purchased 39.76 acres in Randolph County, Alabama in Section 32, Twp. 19S, Range 12 E.	Craft, Garrett L. (I521)
130	Martha McCollum's death certificate states she was born in Randolph County, Alabama.	McCollum, Martha Caroline (I569)
131	Marzie died at the home of her daughter Bettie and Bettie's husband Lloyd White.	Royal, Marzie (I591)
132	Memories from a time gone by by Lindsey Holland The Daily Home Oct 09, 2010 Jettie Bates stands beside the tree in her yard that was planted in 1934, two years before she was born. Four generations of children have climbed in the branches. Bob Crisp OAK GROVE - It was quiet, like daybreak on a cool fall morning in the mountains, with the sun radiating over the tops of the trees, lining the tips of the mountains. It was quiet, with fields of cotton ready to be picked. Oak Grove was quiet … before the highway came in … a sound only a small Southern town can capture if you relive the memories from some 50 years ago. If the tree could talk it would tell how Jettie Bates was born in the front room of the house, or how Mama broke the chicken’s neck and proceeded to cook it for dinner, or how Jettie’s brother, Leon Dale, chased her up the tree the time she rode his new bike. “Mama, tell Jettie not to touch it,” he said. Jettie said back then her mama worked in the cotton mill. The city bus would come through and pick up the mill workers and bring them back at night. As soon as the bus left and Mama was out of sight, Jettie headed for the garage. “I took the bicycle and we were playing cops and robbers,” Jettie remembered. “I slipped it back in the garage. But he found that bicycle and he ran me down and that’s where I hid in that tree. He like to beat me to death.” The tree sits in front of Jettie’s childhood home. Her father planted the tree in 1934. “The tree is two years older than I am,” she said. “The tree has four generations of kids climbing in it. I could hide in that tree and nobody could find me. I could skimmy up it back then.” Jettie was born on a Sunday morning in 1936 in the front room of her home, the home that was built in 1930 and has the immense tree in the yard. An African-American woman and her father delivered Jettie while the rest of the neighborhood attended church. The church, Oak Grove Methodist, is within walking distance of Jettie’s home. “I grew up in that church,” she said. It just seems like it was so much quieter back then, Jettie recalled of growing up in Oak Grove. “There were 10 of us when my daddy moved here,” she said. “He moved here in 1933 and they had seven boys and three girls. Only four of us are living. There wasn’t any of this,” Jettie said as she extended her arm and pointed to the highway, pointed to the paved roads, and to the convenience stores. “It was just an old dirt road.” Country Folk “It was an ideal place to live,” Jettie recalled of Oak Grove some 60 years ago. She remembers the sounds of the town before the four lane came in. She remembers no traffic, no highway, no paved roads, she just remembers country folk. Country folk like those neighbors who would bring meals to your home when someone died. Country folk like the neighbors who would gather for congregation when someone fell ill. Jettie remembers country folk who could leave their doors unlocked at night and country children who could play outside until it was time for dinner. She remembers country folk who, when they told their children to go to bed they immediately obeyed. She remembers country folk who kept their kids in line, like her mama. “She had a big switch, and I mean a big switch, and my daddy had a razor strap,” she said. “He kept them boys in line. I was the youngest so I didn’t get too many whoopin’s. I saw what they did and I wouldn’t do it. I saw the results and I thought, ‘I’m not going to do all that.’” Jettie remembers living in Oak Grove when there were no department stores to shop at. “My mama would sew to make clothes,” she said. In the town of Oak Grove there were no department stores and no grocery stores. “We never did go without anything to eat,” Jettie said. “We had our own hogs, they’d slaughter them. My mother would churn and churn to make buttermilk. My mama would take a chicken and ring its neck and she’d draw a line around it. That chicken never would flop out of that line, it just died. She would put it down in hot water and pluck it.” Back then, you could ask anybody for help and they’d drop what they were doing and come help, Jettie said. “It was totally different. If we had the people that lived here years ago we’d have it made.” Surviving Storms The tree in Jettie Bates’ yard has survived many storms. Neighbors often inquire about the threat of tornadoes and the damage the tree may cause, but Jettie, like the great tree that stands in her yard, has weathered all the storms she has encountered in life. Jettie has been married to her husband for 53 years. The two met at the National Guard Armory in Birmingham. After a bit of relocating, the family settled back in Oak Grove after their second son was born. They settled in the same house with the tree in the front yard, the same house in which she was brought into the world. “Well I tell ya,’ I was in the hospital when Kennedy was assassinated,” she said, giving birth to one of her children. “I remember that well.” One of Jettie’s sons followed in his father’s footsteps. Fighting in the military, he got sick from chemicals and was soon sent home. Nine days later, two girls and a wife were without a father and husband. “It like to have broke my heart,” she said. “That is the only thing that has really got next to me, so it left me with two boys and two girls.” Years later, heartache approached Jettie again. Her father was 92 when he died after a fall. “My mama said when we told her, ‘Well, I’m not going to live without him,’” she said. “She died three weeks later. They had been married 70 years and had 10 children. They had numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.” Jettie said her mother died from a broken heart. She was sitting on the porch in a rocking chair and silently died. The sounds of Oak Grove Jettie said when they started putting the highway in, everybody almost suffocated from all the dirt. Now she locks her doors at night and she no longer hears the quiet. Instead, she hears the cars from the four lane all night. Most of the time now, Jettie said, your neighbors are strangers and you don’t even know who they are. “It don’t seem like that’s right,” she said. But Jettie said she thinks the people who live in Oak Grove enjoy it. Although you may have to lock your doors at night and although you may not be as friendly as you should be with your neighbors, Southern hospitality is still alive and well, especially in Oak Grove. The highway carries hundreds of people to their destinations daily, those who are heading to work, those who are visiting friends, or those who are running a few errands, but never those who choose not to take the highway. Those who choose to travel the back roads may just find the quiet Oak Grove has known all too well. Read more: The Daily Home - Memories from a time gone by	Dale, Jettie Lou (I1069)
133	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Private (I1470)
134	Minni Phurrough, daughter of William Wesley Royal, always held that Wilson's name was Silas Wilson Royal and that his youngest son, Wilson C. was Silas Wilson Royal, Jr. -------------------------- 1850 Talbot County, Georgia census, Dist. 24, page 288 91/890 Royals, Wilson 24farmerGeorgia Elmira 23 Georgia -------------------------- 1860 Tallapoosa County, Alabama census, Western Division, Youngville P.O. (Alexander City) Roll 25, page 391 1332/1332/ Riols, Wilson Y. 25farmerGeorgiapersonal value $350 Elmira30Georgia John 9Georgia William 7Georgia Thomas 5Georgia Alonzo 3Alabama Martha 1Alabama ---------------------------- 1870 Upson County, Georgia, Thomaston, page 217 1681/1681 Riles, Wilson47MfarmerGeorgia$250.00 Elmira 40Fhouse keeperGeorgia Thomas16Mfarm handGeorgia John20Mfarm handGeorgia J?ne18Ffarm handGeorgia Willie17Mfarm handGeorgia Lump12Mfarm handGeorgia Sissie10FGeorgia The female listed under John looks like June or Jane. It's probably John's wife. However her name has been given later as Martha Ellen Pruitt. Willie, of course, was William, Lump was a nickname for Alonza and Martha was called Sis or Sissie. The biggest puzzle here is that the two youngest children, Wilson and Mary Adelaide are not listed with the family. We can't find them with any other family, either. The proof that they actually are children of Wilson and Elmira is the family Bible owned by Philip Burrough. Also on the 1900 census, Elmira states she was the mother of seven children with five living. John had died a young man and Wilson died in 1899. All children accounted for. Another interesting fact here is in 1869 Wilson Royal had four children in the poor school. John, Thomas and Willie were all past school age leaving Lon, Martha, Wilson and Mary Adelaide. ----------------------------------------- 1880 - The family has not been found on the 1880 census. We keep trying, but so far, no luck. William Ransom Royal, Wilson's brother, was living in St. Clair County, Alabama in 1880. Wilson and Elmira were probably there as well, but not necessarily so. ----------------------------------------- 1900 Hamilton County, Texas census, Justice Precinct 2, Dist. 83, page 14A 236/236 Royal, Wilson Y.Feb. 1827 73farmerrents farmGA/NC/NC ElmiraOct. 1828 71GA/GA/GA They had been married 52 years. Elmira was the mother of seven children with five living. ----------------------------------------- They seem to disappear after this. They are not found on the Texas death index which starts in 1908 leading us to believe they died sometime between late 1900 and 1908. It's possible they came back to Alabama, but at their age unlikely, 70s being much older then than it is now. Their youngest child, Mary Adelaide, who married George Harless, moved to Texas around the same time.	Royal, Wilson Y. (I729)
135	Mirybo or Marbo, as he was called, was shot and killed by Mr. Dison in an argument about some geese that one of them kept to eat the grass in the cotton field. The geese had gotten into the other's yard. An argument ensued and Marbo was killed. Mr. Dison was tried but not convicted.	Norred, Mirybo Marcello (I44)
136	Nama's name was prounced with a short "a" and as if it ended with "er" -- Nammer.	Royal, Nama L. (I3055)
137	Narcisses G. Tate, living in Alpine, was a Class 2 pensioner listed in the 31 January 1924 issue of the Sylacauga News. ________________________ Obituary, Sylacauga Advance, 25 June 1936 Narcissus Tate, age 84, of Alpine, Rt. 1, died June 20. Funeral services were held at Hickman, June 21 at 4 o'clock. Rev. Kayler and Rev. Owens conducted the service. Service Funeral Home in charge. Survived by two sons, Sanford Tate, Ashland, L.S. Tate, Alpine, Rt. 1; two daughters, Mrs. Sallie Solley, Ellaville, Georgia, Mrs. Lela Solley, Blumburgs, Texas.	Williams, Narcissus G. (I3554)
138	North Randolph News, 19 April 1905 Mr. W.M. Craft went to Anniston last Sunday to meet his daughter Mrs. A Sellers who went to Texas in January and whose husband, Mr. Oliver Sellers, died soon after arriving in Texas.	Craft, Ada (I1212)
139	Notes from Lucy Horton has death date for "Emmer" Morgan as 7 Sept. 1971.	Smith, Emma Virginia (I73)
140	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Private (I1076)
141	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Private (I1088)
142	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Private (I3431)
143	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Private (I429)
144	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Private (I1950)
145	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Private (I2177)
146	Obituary from the 20 October 1909 Sylacauga Advance Miss Stonecipher Dead Miss Mattie Stonecipher, who had been in bad health a good while, died Saturday and was buried at the Marble City Cemetery Sunday afternoon. She was 60 years old and had never been married. Her father was at the buring and is 94 years old. Rev. J.J. Johnson conducted the funeral services. ----Note the article gives her age as 60, when in fact, she was 65.	Stonecypher, Martha E. (I215)
147	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Private (I945)
148	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Private (I376)
149	Obituary from the Talladega Daily Home, 28 September 1976 George R. Browning Funeral service for George R. Browning, 77, of 412 Avondale Avenue, Sylacauga will be held Wednesday at 2 P.M. at Center Hill Methodist Church with the Rev. Eldridge Nicholson, the Rev. Bill Brown and the Rev. Jack Graves officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. A native of Clay County, Mr. Browning died September 27 at St. Clair County Hospital. He was a member of Center Hill Methodist Church. Survivors include one son, Mayo Browning of Sylacauga; five daughters, Etheleen Griffitt of Talladega, and Jewell Honeycutt, Katie Thornton, Mrs. Y.Z. East and Marie Carrollm all of Sylacauga; two brothers, Arthur Browning of Birmingham and Slaughter Browning of Goodwater; two sisters, Margie Jones and Omie Sargent of Sylacauga; twelve grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Brown Service Funeral Home will direct the service.	Browning, George Russell (I2907)
150	Obituary from the Talladega Daily Home, 5 October 1974 Mrs. Florence E. Tate Funeral service for Mrs. Florence Eugenia Tate, 73, of 1211 Pine Street, Sylacauga will be held Saturday at 2 P.M. at West View Baptist Church with the Rev. Terry Sutton and the Rev. Bill Langley officiating. Burial will be in Millerville Cemetery. Mrs. Tate died October 3 at Sylacauga Nursing Home. She was a native of Clay County and a member of Westview Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, William Tate of Sylacauga; three daughters, Mrs. Aubrey Bullard, Mrs. Henry Craft and Mrs. Frances Bowden, all of Sylacauga; three brothers, Slaughter Browning of Goodwater and Russell Browning and Arthur Browning, both of Sylacauga; and two sisters, Mrs. Margie Jones and Mrs. Omie Seargent, both of Sylacauga. Service Funeral Home will be in charge of the services.	Browning, Florence Eugenia (I944)