Summary
of 2007 Changes To TheScott Co, TN Homepages
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29 Oct 2007 (additions, updates, and corrections)
Miscellaneous corrections
Corrected the citations for Vol 18, No's 3 and 4 of the FNB Chronicles (incorrectly cited as Vol 88).
Added 669 obituaries (total is now 5240)
Added 8 pictures of people (total is now 102)
Added 3 headstone pictures (total is now 80)
Replaced with "stub" page
Added the Fall 2007, Vol 19, No. 1 issue to the index
Grit and Determination . . . DeBord Family Worked Its Way Through Rough Times
Growing Up Memories From Grassy Knob
We always had fun with Daddy
The Thrill of the Chase
Added Fall 2006, Vol 18, No. 1 issue
Severine Evensen Tallasen & Her
Family: from Norway & Sweden via Alaska to settle in Oneida, Tennessee
Laurence C. Smith and Thelma Tallasen were married in 1926.
Thelma and her family had come to Scott Co, TN in 1923 from Seward,
Alaska. The story of how Thelma and her family came to Scott County
from Alaska is a fascinating story even if the details are few and
obscure. Thelma’s family has been able to trace their ancestors
because Thelma’s parents were the ones who came to this country from
Norway and Sweden. This is the story of her parents, Tallas Tallasen
and Severine Evensen Tallasen.
The History of the Dahl Family
William Meredith Brown, Jr., was born on September 21, 1922
and came to Scott County with Ritter Lumber Company. He was the
bookkeeper and lived at the store in New River where he met Clara Jo
Smith, the daughter of Laurence (Star) and Thelma Tallasen Smith.
This story traces his family through his mother, Esther Victoria
Louise Dahl, as told by his daughter Becky Brown West.
Laurence and Thelma Severine
Tallasen Smith Family
Laurence Clifton Smith was born April 25, 1900 and died on
July 12, 1949, the ninth child of Henry Clay Smith II and Lucinda
Terry Smith. Thelma Severine Tallasen was born August 14, 1907
and died August 10, 1994 one of three daughters born to Tallas
Tallasen from Sweden and Severine Evensen Tallasen from Norway.
This is story of the Smith family as told by Nadine Chitwood Smith,
daughter-in-law to Laurence and Thelma Smith.
Drewery Smith Descendants in
Scott County
Drewery Smith, born August 18, 1794, the son of William Smith
and Suzan Lampkin was known as "Red" Drew as he had reddish blond
hair but his beard was more red. He was one of the founders of Scott
County, Tennessee. This article discusses his descendants.
Thelma Severine Tallasen Smith
A short biography.
Added Fall 2006, Vol 18, No. 2 issue
A Century of Learning:
Robbins School -- 1906 - 2006
Before 1906, the children of Robbins went to school in an unpainted
one-roomed building on the lot where Lawrence Kline's house now stands.
Around that time, some of the town's leading citizens, started a movement to secure a high school for the Second
District of Scott County. In 1906, a white frame building, with three rooms and
a hall, was built on the present school grounds. The school was called Robbins
High School.
Helenwood First Baptist Church Celebrates 100th Anniversary
The congregation of the Helenwood Baptist Church celebrated its
Homecoming, which was also the 100th Anniversary of the church in Sep
2006. This story provides a brief glimpse in the history of this
church.
Replaced with "stub" page
Added unknown picture 98 (courtesy of Kathy Spivey)
26 Jul 2007 (additions, updates, and corrections)
Scott Co, Death Records (database total is now 14,518 records)
Added 519 obituaries (total is now 4,571)
Added 13 obituary pictures (total is now 94)
Added 69 headstone pictures (total is now 77) (courtesy of Lisa Frederick)
Added 8 burial records (total is now 9,943)
Added cemetery name to headstone query listing
Added headstone link to cemetery listing; i.e., click on name of interred individual and display headstone record
Added newspaper name to obituary query listing
Display headstone record in separate window from cemetery listing
Display headstone record in separate window from query listing
Fixed "query latest" to look at rec_update field rather than rec_create field
Display cemetery record in separate window (return should close the window)
Added the Winter 2007, Vol 18, No. 2 issue to the index
A Century of Learning: Robbins School -- 1906 - 2006
Added the Spring 2007, Vol 18, No. 3 issue
Early History of the Town of
Oneida (Celebrating its 90th Year: 1917 - 2007)
Oneida’s charter was issued on March 22, 1917, just eight days after the
U.S. entered what would later become known as World War I. Despite the
war, or rather because of it, Oneida was pretty much of a boom town, due to
the demand for coal. The mines were going full bore, and the town’s three
railroads – the Cincinnati-Southern, Tennessee and O&W – were all going
strong because of the mining. The trickle-down effect of that prosperity had
a positive effect on virtually every business in and around Oneida.
Oneida's Mayors 1917 - 2007
Lists the 19 men who have held the post of Mayor of the Town of Oneida in
the 90 years since its incorporation
Jim Hamby of Brimstone:
Without a Home, But Not Homeless
He was a tall, lanky man who quietly roamed the mountains of Brimstone, Emory
and Coal Hill. Except for a stint working for Ritter Lumber Company, he never
held a paying job. He was a drifter . . . a man without a home, but he wasn’t
homeless. This is the story of Jim Hamby.
In Memory of Mitchel Griffith
On January 17, 1947, Mitchel set out from Robbins riding a mule up the
Brimstone Road so he could cross the Brimstone Mountains at Hamby Gap to get
to Emory. Nightfall would come early on this overcast, winter day and as he
passed houses up the Brimstone Road, he didn't tarry. Mitchel's family at Emory didn't know when to expect him home because when he
left he said he might be gone two months. They didn't know he was on his way
home. Several days passed before word spread up and down Emory and Brimstone
that Mitchel was missing.
Added the Summer 2007, Vol 18, No. 4 issue
First Presbyterian Church of
Huntsville, 1882-2007
Rev. Martha Anne Fairchild and her congregation dug through the archives and
put together an informative and historic story in words and pictures for the
readers of the FNB Chronicle in light of the 125th Anniversary of the
First Presbyterian Church of Huntsville.
Continuing History of First Presbyterian Church
Presents a closer look at church history since the last of Esther Sharp
Sanderson's history history books were completed in 1974
Recent Pastors of the First
Presbyterian Church
Presents a closer look at the three most recent pastors for the First
Presbyterian Church of Huntsville
I remember . . . personal
recollections of members of the First Presbyterian Church of Huntsville
Short quotes from present and past members of the First Presbyterian
Church of Huntsville congregation as they describe their church memories
Added preliminary information for the 2008 Scott Co, TN Researcher's Get-Together Meeting
Corrected link to McCreary County KYGenWeb site
Corrected link to the Tennessee Blue Book site
Removed the link to the second Oneida Elementary School website (link no longer exists)
14 Jun 2007 (additions, updates, and corrections)
Scott Co, Death Records (database total is now 13,981 records)
Added 288 obituaries (total is now 4,046)
Added 6 obituary pictures (total is now 81)
17 Apr 2007 (additions, updates, and corrections)
· Corrections, updates, and additions
o Fixed the date corruption problem in the database and normalized all the date formats
§ [For those of you who are interested: the dates fields somehow acquired two different formats within the MySQL structure definition. This caused dates to be served up in two different forms. The PHP code I wrote was not expecting two forms so it really didn't know what to do with the second form though the code tried valiantly to transform the ISO date format into a dd Mmm YYYY format. I have no idea how the date structure definition became corrupted because MySQL is not supposed to allow that to happen--it should be an impossible condition.]
o I've also added a temporary fix that affects all visitors but was put in place to accommodate those of you who use Microsoft's IE browser. Now, whenever you select the cemetery query page or the death records query page, your browser will now open a new window or tab (depending on your browser version) to display the query page and results. You will notice the menu typically seen on the left of the screen will not display in this new window or tab. I had to do this because Microsoft IE improperly handles session information passed between frames. Just close this new window to return to usual homepage that displays the menu. This technique will stay in play until I redesign the navigation structure for the website (i.e., remove the use of frames). This will fix the problem some of you were having in not being able to search for cemeteries by name, not being able to log-in to add comments, and not being able to add comments even though you were able to login.
· Scott Co, Death Records (database total is now 13,792 records)
o Added 438 obituaries (total is now 3,758)
o Added 5 obituary pictures (total is now 75)
28 Feb 2007 (additions, updates, and corrections)
Corrections, updates, and additions
Changed database burial record display format to one that is cleaner, more intuitive, and more complete
Scott Co, Cemeteries (database total is now 433 cemeteries)
Added 3 new cemeteries
Jeffers Cemetery
Richard Slaven cemetery
Mountain Ridge Cemetery
Scott Co, Death Records (database total is now 13,255 records)
Added 693 burial records (total is now 9,935)
Added 793 obituaries (total is now 3,320)
Added 70 obituary pictures (total is now 70)
Added 8 headstone images (total is now 8)
Added 25 cemetery images (total is now 25)
21 Jan 2007 (additions, updates, and corrections)
Corrections, updates, and additions
Corrected Jeremiah Angel link on death records page. The link indicated a death certificate but showed his headstone. The link now correctly indicates a headstone
Eliminated old cemeteries index page
Added new cemetery database
430 known cemeteries
28 known aliases for known cemeteries
Added 9242 burial records
Added 50 obituaries to database (total is now 2527)
Added the Winter 2007, Vol 18, No 2 issue to the index
Added A Century of Learning: Robbins School -- 1906 - 2006
Added Helenwood First Baptist Church Observes 100th Anniversary
