very
busy person as well as getting along in years so certainly she is to be
forgiven for forgetting to tell me the names of some of her children although
she mentioned the birthdate! Anyway, I have seldom enjoyed anything more than
her letters.
Updated Info Click Here information
submitted by Jim Young Jan 2004!
Children
of Henry PETTY and Beulah BROWN:
a-3 Robert Lee PETTY born Oct.22, 1910- died Feb.
1947 Married June 18,
1938 to Leola SIMPSON. 4
children :
a-Robert Lee PETTY Jr. probably born about 1939.
b-Lola PETTY married Bud HARRIS.
c-Irene PETTY born 1941.
d-Ruth PETTY a teacher in a Brownsfield, Texas
school.
b-3 - George Lewis PETTY born Sept.8, 1912.
c-3 - Ozelle PETTY born Dec.13, 1913 - married a Mr.
Young and had two children:
a- Annette YOUNG born May 2, 1941.
b- ...... YOUNG (a boy) born Oct.4,
1943.
d-3 - Louisa PETTY born July 30, 1915 - married 1941
to William STANLEY. three children
- I do not have the names.
e-3 - Marie PETTY born Oct. 28, 1919 - married a Mr.
SIMS and had two
children
- and again I regret that I do not have their names.
g-3 - Eliza Grace PETTY born Sept 26, 1926 married a
Mr. LUCKIE and they
have one child: Gerry LUCKIE born April 22, 1954.
h-3 - _____ PETTY born April 7, 1930. Whether this
was a boy or girl for I couldn't
find the name - I don't know
4 - Green Berry PETTY born Feb.18, 1883 in Smith Co.,
Tenn - died Big
Springs,
Texas, Dec.1956, was married Sept. 11, 19.. to Fannie McARTHUR.
They
had 4 children: a- Velton died 1945, b- Nona died when young, c- Otis
lives
at Big Springs, Tex. d- Elston PETTY.
5 - Solon PETTY born Aug. 29, 1885 Smith Co., Tenn.
married Sept.10, 1909
to
Florence LYNNE. He was married a second time and the family lost track
of
him. He had 5 children: a- Carl died in 1960, b- Elvis c- Ernest
d-
Minnie e- Emma. He was last heard from in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1936.
6 - Elijah PETTY born Dec. 14, 1888 in Smith Co.,
Tenn. married June 7,
1909
in Texas to Minnie WHITEFIELD. There was a son named Earl PETTY and
I
am sure there were other children but this is all I have found out. (31)
James Pryor PETTY born Sept.4, 1856 at Stonewall in
Smith Co, Tenn was married Sept.25, 1877 to Susan Elizabeth STEWART, born in
Smith Co., Tenn., daughter of Carroll STEWART and Mary Jane PARKER. She died at
Chestnut Mound, Tenn. Feb. 1952. She is buried at New Macedonia Baptist Church
near Chestnut Mound. These two were very special people to me when I was a
little girl. The old expression "Good as gold" describes both of them
very well. Uncle Pryor used to take the path across the river bluff between his
place at the old Bridgewater Landing and our place at Taylors branch, to visit
with Dad almost every Sunday. Aunt Susan was a great one for flowers and when
her roses, peonies and the like were in bloom, she always cut a big bunch for
Uncle Pryor to bring to me. There was one rose I have never seen one like
anywhere else. I used to call it Aunt Susan's black rose - the petals were like
velvet and were the darkest red I ever saw - almost black. Uncle Pryor and Aunt
Susan first lived with my grandparents at their old homeplace near Chestnut
Mound, Tenn. after the old people died Uncle Pryor sold the old place and in
the early 1900's, he and Aunt Susan moved their family to the old Bridgewater
place near Monoville, Tenn. And there on the banks of the Cumberland river, his
children grew up. When they were old, Uncle Pryor and Aunt Susan moved a short
distance away to a house in the Boston Hollow and there he died Mar. 28, 1926 -
in the little house where just twenty years before I had been born. He was buried at the Bridgewater place
beside the two little graves of an infant son and a grandson. After Aunt
Susan's death, their daughter and son-in-law, Mary and J.B.BRINDLEY had the
bodies disinterred from those three graves and buried with aunt Susan at New Macedonia.
Their
children:
1- William Tapley PETTY born Jan 23,1882.
2- George Herman PETTY born Jan.1, 1884.
(Both
of these children died in infancy, and are buried on that hill-top
near
Chestnut Mound where their granparents are buried.)
3- William Jordon PETTY - born about 1908 at
Monoville Tenn. - married and
has
at least two children:
1- Randal PETTY
2. Linda PETTY who was married at the Carthage Church
of Christ, June 1,
1968
to Perry Lee WARREN son of Mr. and Mrs. William WARREN of Frankewing,
Tenn.
b-3 Ray Casper PETTY born about 1909 - married Ethel
BRIDGES. They had
five
children:
1- Buddy, 2- Jerry, 3- Bobby, 4- Dan, 5- Patricia.
c-3 Laura W. PETTY - married Hayett FLOYD.
d-3 Nell Douglas PETTY - married Jess HUGHES - her
family is listed with
the
descendants of Andrew Jackson PETTY as he was Jess HUGHES grandfather.
e-3 Mary e. PETTY married Roger CARSON.
f-3 Jewell Vetres PETTY married Frank SHIPPER of
Louisville, Ky.
g-3 James Pryor PETTY II married Mildred DEDMON. They
had two children:
Kenneth Casper PETTY and Janice PETTY.
4 - Laura Lillian PETTY born 1886 at Chestnut Mound,
Smith Co., Tenn.-
married
Jan. 25, 1906 to William DILLARD. They had no children and spent all their
married life together on their little farm tucked away in the Dillard Hollow a
short distance from the place where Laura was born.
5 - Garlin Lydia PETTY born Feb. 21, 1887 - married
Dec. 24, 1909 to
Berlin
BOSTON. They had seven children:
a-5 Cornelia Pryor BOSTON born near Monoville, Tenn. married
William
HALLAMS.
They have six children: 1- Vessie married Ray HUDSON, 2- Mynette
married
Claud NETTLES Jr., 3- Tom married and has a son, 4- Charles
married
Dolores PARKHURST, 5- Lillian married M. PLUMLEE, 6- Nancy married _____VAN
HOOK.
b-5 Lady Catherine BOSTON married Bryant OWEN. They
have no children.
c-5 Mary Elizabeth BOSTON married Thomas DENTON. They
live at Carthage,
Tenn.
and have two children:
1. Mildred Ann married Kenneth LANGFORD and has four
children: Penny
Lesia,
Suzanne, Kenneth J. and Jeffrey.
2.
David Neal DENTON married Beverly Jean HOLMES. They have two
children:
Marietta Lynn and Sharon DENTON.
d-5 Nettie Ruth married twice - 1st .....BENNETT, 2nd _____ KELLY.
She
had two children by each marriage.
e-5 Ona Sue BOSTON married Ray HARLAN. They had four
(33) children.
f-5 Jean BOSTON married John BURTON and they have
four children.
g-5 Robert Erwin BOSTON - no children.
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6- Charles Orvin PETTY born Oct. 3, 1888 at Chestnut
Mound, Tenn. Died
Feb.
25, 1957 in Smith Co. Hosp. at Carthage, Tenn. and is buried in Dixon
Springs
Cem. He was a veteran of World War I, was married Sept. 21, 1919
to
Annie Mai NIXON, daughter of William and Arah NIXON of Monoville, Tenn.
Orvin
and Annie had five children:
a-6 Juanita Gray PETTY born Sept. 22, 1920.
b-6 Mildred Almeda PETTY born Dec. 10, 1923 - died in
an automobile
accident
when still a young woman. She is buried in Dixon Springs Cemetery.
c-6 R.H. PETTY born March 13, 1927.
d-6 Ruth Allen PETTY born Nov. 13, 1932.
e-6 Charles B. Petty born Aug. 3, 1937.
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7. Mary Jane PETTY born Jan 26, 1897 at Chestnut Md.
Tenn. - married Oct.
27,
1922 to John B. BRINDLEY born at Chestnut Md. They had a son who died
in
infancy and two daughters:
a-7 Dorothy Dean BRINDLEY born Nov. 25, 1925 -
married John Gordon SKEEN. They have two sons:
a- John
Gordon SKEEN JR. born July 31, 1940 at Lebanon, Wilson co,
Tenn.
b- Bruce
Neal SKEEM born May 18, 1945 at Lebanon.
b-7 Mary Sue BRINDLEY born March 11, 1928 - married
Ottis CARR. He was a soldier killed in service. They had two daughters:
a-
Cynthia CARR born Jan 14, 1949 at Lebanon, Tenn.
b- Nancy CARR born June 12, 1951 Montgomery Co., N.C.
Mary
Sue CARR and her daughters live in Nashville, Tenn.
Mary
and John BRINDLEY live at their beautiful old farm at Bellwood near
Lebanon,
Tenn. The gracious, high ceilinged rooms are furnished with
lovely
antiques, many of them are family heirlooms. (34)
8- Elizabeth Lee PETTY born April 12, 1899 at
Chestnut Mound, Smith Co.,
Tenn.
- married Jess BENSON. They lived on their farm near Portland, Tenn.
until
his death in 1967. Elizabeth now lives part of the time in
Cincinnati,
Ohio with an only daughter, Juanita. I know Juanita is married
and
has some children - but regretfully, I was unable to obtain their
names.
When I was still a little girl, Elizabeth used to let
me play paper-dolls
with
her - and how I loved that!! She had some wooden boxes nailed to the
back
wall of the smoke house which served as doll houses. She cut people
and
furniture out of mail order catalogs and magazines and wove stories
abut
these imaginary folk and we spent many happy hours playing there - I
bet
all the costly toys the children have nowadays are not half as much
fun
as that was - and after 50 years when I think of Elizabeth there is
still
a warm, happy glow when I think of the fun we used to have when she
let
me play "Paper-dolls" with her!
9- James Oval PETTY born Oct. 17, 1900 at Chestnut
Mound, Tenn. - died
Dec.
23, 1955 at Manzinola, Colo. where he had lived since 1925. He was
married
in Tenn. Dec.24, 1922 to Allie Mai WADE - born March 7, 1904 at
Chestnut
Mound, Tenn. They had five children:
a-9 Helen PETTY born March 25, 1924 at Elmwood, Tenn
- married April 9,
1945
to Chas. M. COLLIER. They had one child:
a-
Robert Lynn COLLIER born Nov. 24, 1948 at Yankston, South Dakota.
b-9 Richard C. PETTY born Nov. 12, 1927 at Manzinola,
Colo. - married July
4,
1953 to Alice Evelyn McFALL. They have four children:
a-
Howard Carroll PETTY born July 26, 1954 at Alexandria, La.
b-
Evelynn Dianne PETTY born March 26, 1956 at Wichita, Kansas.
c-
James Loyd PETTY born May 23, 1961 at Wichita, Kansas.
d-
Susan Loraine PETTY born Jan.8, 1958 at Wichita, Kansas. (35)