Oliver Kirkham and Sarah Ann Hunter

Contributed by Erick Montgomery
©1999

Sarah Ann ("Sallie") Hunter (daughter of Andrew West Hunter and Clarinda Taylor) was born 08 December 1855 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 08 June 1918 in Pleasant Hill, Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married James Oliver Kirkham 25 December 1873 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, son of Ewell Kirkham and Elianna Martin. He was born 25 April 1851 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died January 1935 in Pleasant Hill, Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children of Sarah Hunter and James Kirkham are:

  1. Laura B. Kirkham, born 29 November 1874 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died in Springfield, Robertson Co, Tennessee.
  2. William Bates Kirkham, born 04 December 1876 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 04 December 1935 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  3. Luther W. Kirkham, born 09 June 1882 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 1951 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Cron; born 1888; died 1970 in Gallatin, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  4. Florence Katherine Kirkham, born 05 March 1887 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 1955. Florence Katherine Kirkham. She married John Barlow Ligon 10 August 1902 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He was born 1878, and died 1953.
  5. David Cecil Kirkham, born 28 November 1889 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 21 April 1968 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married (1) Gertrude Johnson 14 September 1913 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married (2) Elsie M. (Walker) Webb 10 March 1934 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  6. Walter E. Kirkham, born 20 October 1892 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  7. Harris Browning Kirkham, born 14 November 1897 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.


Laura B. Kirkham (daughter of James Kirkham and Sarah Ann Hunter) was born 29 November 1874 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died in Springfield, Robertson Co, Tennessee. She married (1) John Payne. She married (2) Burl Perdue 18 December 1890 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Child of Laura Kirkham and John Payne is:

  1. Guy Payne. He married Beulah

Children of Laura Kirkham and Burl Perdue are:

  1. Oscar Perdue. He married Gladys Butts
  2. Erma Perdue. She married Will Staggs


William Bates Kirkham (son of James Kirkham and Sarah Ann Hunter) was born 04 December 1876 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 04 December 1935 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Nettie Catherine Woodall 04 February 1897 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She was born 1881 in Sumner Co, Tennessee, and died 31December 1949 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.

Children of William Kirkham and Nettie Woodall are:

  1. Edna Catherine Kirkham, born in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married John W. West
  2. Nannie Lorene Kirkham, born in Sumner Co, Tennessee. She married Hubert C. Wright
  3. William Charles Kirkham, born 01 April 1900 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 1951 in Orange, Orange Co, Texas. He married Minnie Durkee 22 February 1920 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  4. Agnes L. Kirkham, born 04 November 1906 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 16 November 1906 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  5. Harry Leon Kirkham, born 22 November 1907 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 16 December 1981 in Sumner Co, Tennessee. He married Bertha Lourine Simpson 28 April 1928 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; born 04 December 1903 in Bethpage, Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 25 February 1991 in Gallatin, Sumner Co, Tennessee.
  6. Alta B. Kirkham, born 26 April 1911 in Sumner Co, Tennessee; died 04 March 1913 in Sumner Co, Tennessee.




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