BRIGHT, William David {I3290} (b. 1843, d. 28 NOV 1891)

Given Name: William David

Note: This William David Bright may have been a soldier in the Civil War inthe 10th KY Infantry. He is listed on the 1860 census as being 17years of age--the right age to have served in that war.

Also, there is a W.D. Bright who died 28 November 1849, buried at theLower New Market Graveyard in Marion County, KY. He may have been ason of one of the several brothers of Buford. (The date would not fitthe son of Buford).
Mary E. is buried directly beside a W.D. Bright whose stone simplyhas: Died Nov. 28, 1849. It is not clear if this was a child of Bufordand Rebecca or one of their nephews, perhaps a son of Harrison orAndrew Bright. There is a W.D. Bright listed on an 1860 census as age17 years and I suspect this W.D., was the son of Buford and Rebecca.I found this name listed in the Civil War Union 10th Infantry Co C.Men from Marion and Taylor counties were in this company.

Also in this New Market cemetery, an Adren Bright is buriedbeside W.D. -- b. 1880 d. Aug 3 1906 at age 26 years. It is unknownat this time whose child this was, but if he was born in 1880, it isunlikely that he was Buford and Rebecca's child since theirchildbearing years were about 1837 through 1862. (He was son ofWilliam D. and Mary E. Moore Bright)

[AT A LATER DATE, I obtained the Civil War papers of William D.Bright
who served in the Civil War in Company C 10th Kentucky Regiment from25 October 1861 to 6 December 1864.
In July 1864, he was sick at a hospital in Chatanooga,Tennessee. His diagnosis was Night Blindness and he returned to duty.At age 48, in 1890, he applied for an Invalid Pension stating he wasunable to earn a living and support his family by reason of: Piles,rheumetism and a defective eye, all as a result of his fighting thewar. His Post Office address was St. Mary's, Kentucky, Marion County.The application was signed by William Severance, County Clerk.
According to the Act of June 27, 1890--on the 30th day ofJanuary, 1892, a Mary E. Bright applied for a Widow's Pension on thebasis of her late husband William D. Bright. She attested that shewas the widow, was age 44 years, and that her husband who washonorably discharged, had died on the 28 November 1891. That she wasmarried to said soldier under the name of Mary E. Moore on the 15 June1867 by Thomas Farmer, a minister in Marion county.
Mary stated that they had a son Adren, born on 13 July 1882 anda daughter Agnes, born on 4 August 1887. There was a statement givenby Melissie[Lucinda] Settles who lived with the family, as to thecorrect ages of the children. Miss Settles address was New Market,Kentucky.
Mary was given a widow's pension of $25 per month.
A document filed in February stated that Mary E. Bright wasdropped from the roll because of death on November 5, 1919.]

Note: The above Adren was the son of Wiliam D. Bright and MaryE. Moore. Theirs are the only Bright graves intact in that New Marketcemetery.
This William D. Bright was in the Civil War--10 KY INFANTRY Co C.Enlisted 25 October 1861 and was honorably discharged on 6 December1864. His pension papers dated 1891, state that he had severalphysical ailments contracted in the war, one of which was a defectiveeye. He died on 28 Nov 1891 and was probably buried at the lower NewMarket Graveyard.

He is quite probably the son of Buford and Rebecca Bright, though noproof of this yet. He and wife Mary E. (Moore) were married on 15 June1866 by Thomas Farmer. Mary and son Adren are buried at theabove-named graveyard also.

Mary drew a pension of $25 per month after William died in 1891. Shedied on 4 November 1919. Her tombstone has a very commendableinscription....

Death: 28 NOV 1891 Marion Co., KY

Given Name: James Franklin

Note: James Franklin Bright is brother to Mahala A. "Hale" Bright, childrenof Buford and Rebecca. He left KY about 1908 for Arkansas and neverreturned. He died in Knoxville, Tennessee and is buried there.

Death: 9 JUL 1936 Ripley, Lauderdale Co., TN

Given Name: Elze Buford

Given Name: Addie

Note: ADDIE BRIGHT NOLLEY, daughter of Mahala "Hale" Bright, died at theCentral State Hospital in Lakeland, Jefferson County, KY in 1916. Iwas able to obtain her medical records from the hospital and thefollowing is a summary of those records:

{Like the records of her aunt Martha "Mattie" Bright Newcomb, Addie'srecords are perhaps more interesting for what they do not say than forwhat they do say. They do tell a terribly sad story....)

According to the Hospital, Mrs. Addie Nolley was admitted on May 5,1916. Charley Nolley of New Market, KY was the husband and thecorrespondent. A Jno. T. Moore's telephone number was given as ameans of reaching Mr. Nolley. The record states that Addie was 40years of age, married, with three children living and no childrendead, with the youngest being two years old. Name and birthplace offather: (here is the irony of it all--this name could be construed asIsaac poorly-written, or as Turc. After carefully analyzing thesurrounding handwriting, I believe it to be Jno or Turk Newcomb.)Birthplace: KY Name of Mother: Haley Bright of KY Extent of hereducation: none. Education of patient is listed as "fair" and Addiehas signed her name, in a nice but shakey handwriting.

Further, the records state that Addie was suicidal, but not homicidalor violent. The occupation of father was Farmer, mother None, and noknown relatives to have been insane. This was her "first attack" andit was due to "female trouble". The diagnosis was "Manic Depressive".A ward admission record states that Addie was admitted at 8 p.m. onMay 5, 1916. She was bathed at 8:10 p.m. Condition of person was"very clean". Her clothing inventory consisted of 1 scarf, 1 cloak, 1gingham dress, 2 cotton shirts, 1 pair cotton drawers, 1 vest, 1 pairstockings,and 1 pair shoes.

Another page of the records states that Addie was a danger to herself,had female trouble, was clean, could not sleep, and listed under whatwas thought to have caused the insanity was written "ill health". Shewas said to be depressed and yes, restraints had been used to conveyher to the asylum.

Another page of the records dated May 6, 1916 is obviously an itemizedstatement that was presented to the hospital superintendant, Dr. F. L.Peddicord: "I submit the following statement of cost in conveyingMrs. Addie Nolley from Marion County, Kentucky: Carfare to and fromLou. $.75 R.R. fare ( apparently railroad) from Lou to Lebanon 1.70Dinner in Lebanon .50 Buggy .50 R.R. fare back to Lou 3.40Carfare in Lou .10 Telephone .05 Total $7.00 Amount given$10.00 returning $3.00 Respectfully submitted, Mrs. Rose BaconAttendant"

Most interesting also, was a page that has: A.S. Fries 2607 WestKentucky St Rear Lou. Ky phone at Moses Goldfish, grocer at 28th andKentucky Street. (This was sister Ida's addresss)

And the last record, is the "Inquest of Lunacy" -- Commonwealth ofKentucky versus Mrs. Addie Nolley. A brief history of the case by thepresiding judge reads pretty much the same as the information given onthe admission sheet. A H.S. McElroy filed the petition to ask thatAddie be found a Lunatic--it is signed by J.H. Thurman, Judge MarionCo Court and dated May 11, 1916.

A note with no date states that Charley Nolley was notified that Addiewas "very ill with chronic diarrhea and would not live long. Sendinstructions." Another note states that on 16 Oct 1916, the body "wasshipped to Charles Nolley, Lebanon, KY Cost $7.00 Died at 12midnight on Oct 16, 1916 Pulmonary Tuberculosis".
End of medical records.

Addie's death certificate states her father's name as either Isaac orTurc Newcomb. Her medical records list father as what appears to be"Turc Newcomb". It is believed that she was the daughter of JohnWesley "Turk" Newcomb of the Moore's Creek area, who was the son ofPleasant and Deborah Benningfild Newcomb, as was the other twochildren of Mahala Bright: John David and Ida.

OBITUARY OF ADDIE BRIGHT NOLLEY:

A short piece from the Friday, October 20, 1916 LebanonEnterprise page 2 col 8 bottom reads: "DIES AT LAKELAND Mrs.Addie Nalley, about 30 years old (she was 40) died at LakelandMonday night of tuberculosis. She had been in ill health sincelast spring. Surviving are her husband and three small children. Thebody was brought back to New Market for burial."

This accompanying photo of Addie holding baby Delphia (b.1914), wastaken about late 1915, shortly before her admission to Central StateHospital in May 1916. Addie is said to be buried under the big treeat the Benningfield Cemetery in Moore's Creek, Marion Co KY. Hereldest daughter named Mattie, perhaps named for her aunt Mattie BrightNewcomb, took ill with flu the year after Addie's death, and died. Shewas only 12 years old. The last two children, Wilson and Delphia,were raised by various relatives; their uncle and aunt, John David andAnnie Bright. Charley Nolley moved to Indiana. He never remarried....

Death: 17 OCT 1916 Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY Bur Benningfield Cem

Given Name: Dr. William

Death: 1 JUL 1881 Taylor Co., KY Good Hope Bapt Ch

Given Name: Ida

Note: Ida May Bright Fries was the daughter of Mahala A. Hale Bright. Herfather was probably John Wesley Newcomb of Marion County, KY. From theone photo I have of her, she looks to have been quite attractive withthick, black hair that reminds me of my mothers. Ida was eldest ofHale's three children. Her death certificate states that she was illfor 8 months prior to her death on 27 May 1932 of Pernicious Anemia.She was 59 and widowed. Her daughter Elizabeth Fries, was theinformant and they lived in the west end of Louisville at 208 North22nd Street,(very near where I once lived. Ida and Acey lived at 28thand Kentucky Street Rear, Louisville, in 1916, according to themedical records of sister Addie Bright Nolley's...again, my mother andI lived at 2727 W. Kentucky Front in the spring of 1960. Little didwe know who had walked that same street, some forty years beforeus...her aunt Ida Bright. ( sister to her father John David).

Both Ida and Acey are buried at the Evergreen Cemetery on PrestonHighway in Louisville, KY.

OBITUARY OF IDA MAY BRIGHT FRIES:

The Louisville Times May 28, 1932 Announcements Deaths
FRIES---Ida May Fries aged 59 yeras Friday,May 27, 1932
at 12 0'clock noon at the residence 208 North 22nd Street.
Beloved mother of C.M. Dye, Mrs. Robert Hruska, Misses
Elizabeth and Bernie E. Fries and Elmer Fries. Funeral
from the residence Sunday afterfnoon at 2 0'clock. Interment
in Evergreen Cemetery, Preston Hwy., Jefferson County,KY.

Death: 27 MAY 1932 Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY

Given Name: Margarite

Given Name: William

Given Name: Walter J.

Given Name: Martha A. "Mattie"

Note: Martha, called Mattie, Bright Newcomb -- poor Mattie. Born June1854 Died 27 December 1920....

Her death certificate states that she died on the 27 of December1920 at 9:40 a.m. at Central State Hospital, Lakeland,KY. They had nonames for her family or age, only her name as Martha Newcome. (Notespelling) She was a widow, and date of birth was unknown but wasestimated from her appearance that she was "about 90 and born in1830". Former county of residence: Marion Co, KY. Cause of death was"Exhaustion Senile Psychosis" and she was buried at the Central StateCemetery on the hospital grounds. She had been there since July 2,five months and 25 days.
Actually, Mattie who was was born in June 1854 according tocensus records, would have been only 66 years old, at the time of herdeath! From Arland Benningfield whose ancestors lived across the roadfrom John Wesley and Mattie, I learned that Mattie went insane and waskept locked up in a shed room off the back of her two-room house atMoore's Creek. Then from hospital records, I learned that she was sentto Central State where she died. Alone apparently, with no oneclaiming her body to return it to her homeplace of Marion County.
Mattie was the younger sister of Mahala A. Hale Bright, mygreat-grandmother, making Mattie my great-aunt. Mattie's husband JohnWesley fathered Mahala A.'s three children, prior to his marriage toMattie in 1889...and perhaps this had some bearing on Mattie losingher mind.
I hope to go to this cemetery and find Mattie's grave, maybe putflowers on it...they may be the first ones ever placed there....

July 11, 1998 Sent request for medical records for Martha Newcome.

July 16, 1998 Sent legal documents to prove kinship, and mycredentials, to Central State.

***July 29,1998 Received medical records from Central State Hospitalfor Martha Newcome.(sic)

According to the records, which are not extensive and are few innumber, Mattie was declared "of unsound mind and a Lunatic" by a courtafter being petitioned by J.W. Benningfield on 1 of July, 1920. ReubenNewcomb, her brother-in-law, was also her custodian and"correspondent".

Mattie was committed to the hospital as indigent, at 8:00 pm onthe 2 of July, 1920. At 8:20 she was bathed. Her admission papersdescribe her as "unclean, and destructive," and her clothing was in"very bad condition and were destroyed". Restraints were used toconvey her to the asylum, all according to Attendant Lena R. Aleom.She also had "bruises all over her body". No articles were on herperson, such as purse or identification. Her age was unknown, butguessed to be 75. Many of the lines were simply left blank, regardingwhat " was thought to have caused her insanity."
Also in the records is a brief history by a Presiding Judge whichstates that she was a widow, and that her mental deficiency was firstnoticed "about two months ago". That the habits and morals of herparents were "good", and that "there has been insanity in the family".Both her mother and father were listed as dead, though not by name.Her husband was not named either. She was not suicidal or homicidalnor violent according to this paper. Her husband was "dead" and thename and address of her correspondent was : Ruben Newcome New Market,KY. The line on which it asked the estate of her husband--reads"husband dead". Signed William Spaulding, Judge Marion Co Court.Also signed by O.M. Crenshaw M.D. and T.J. Campbell M.D.
The records do contain two brief letters from the hospitalphysicians to Reuben Newcome. The first is dated October 21, 1920 andreads: " Dear Sir: This is to advise you that the above-namedpatient is ill and is confined to bed; as we do not know what theoutcome of her illness will be, we thought it best to advise you.Kindly give us instruction in case of death. Respectfully, WalterA. Jillson, MD"
The second letter, dated December 22, 1920 reads: "Dear Sir, Weregret to advise you that your wife, the above-named patient isconfined to bed and is very feeble. We do not think that she can livebut a short while. By direction of the superintendent. Respectfully,L. B. Trigg, MD "

The above is all the information contained in the records I received.Clearly, there is a lot missing--and the reason is because of aKentucky Revised Statute that provides confidentiality for the recordsof a mental patient. The hospital cannot disclose all of theinformation without the specific written consent of the person to whomthe information pertains. Therefore, Mattie's records in theirentirety, are closed forever.

I am told that I can visit her gravesite in the hospital cemetery. Imust contact the director of the hospital to get the number by whichMattie's grave is marked.

Unfortunately, it seems that these records pose more questionsthan they answer. "Two months" was not a very long period of time topresent symptoms of mental illness and then "found insane and aLunatic,", and be committed to a lunatic asylum. And where did thebruises "all over her body" come from? Was she perhaps beaten?Exactly what drove her into insanity? Was she insane prior to herhusband's death in 1918? And what happened to her farm? Its fairlyclear that Reuben probably never responded to the letters from thedoctors about Mattie's condition--thus the reason she was buried onthe hospital grounds. Or if he did respond, he gave that direction. Iwould guess that all her many brothers and sisters were dead by thattime, as was her parents. And we know that she was age 63-66 years,not 75 nor 90. And from what physical cause did Mattie die? This isnot disclosed in the records I received, as I had hoped it would be.

If the papers had been fully completed, there surely would havebeen information to provide us with some insight. Since they werenot, we can only imagine why poor Mattie went insane and eventuallyhad everything she owned taken from her; her clothing, even her verybirthdate.

Death: 27 DEC 1920 Jefferson Co., KY Lakeland Buried at Central State Cem

Given Name: Mahala A. "Hale"

Note: Albeit John Wesley Newcomb is listed as spouse of Mahala, they nevermarried. (This computer software prints it as a spousal relationship).

OBITUARY OF MAHALA ANN BRIGHT:

Lebanon Enterprise December 25, 1903
New Market News Column

After many long weeks and months of suffering, Miss Mahala
Bright succumbed to the inevitable and passed from time to
eternity. She died at her home on Muldrow's Hillsurrounded
by her family of brothers and sisters. Interred at thelower
graveyard in New Market.
2nd page before the last edition Dec. 1903 Miss Mahala
Bright, daughter of Buford Bright deceased, died at New
Market last week. Interment at New Market. Deceased was
about 40 (actually 53) years of age and was the victim of
consumption.

ALL ABOUT THE BRIGHT FAMILY...

"THAT GENERATIONS TO COME MAY KNOW"

"...Sayings which our fathers have told us; we will not hide them...

showing to generations to come...that they should make them known

to their children; that the generations to come may know them, even

the children which should be born, who should arise and declare them

to their children...." Psalms 78


About a year ago, I began my search for our Brightancestors. I knew very little about them, and turns out what little Iknew was for the most part, untrue. My mother, Rhoda Ellen Bright,was the daughter of John David and Melissa Ann Nolley Bright. Allthat was known by our family, about John David's mother, was thatshe was named Hale Bright, and that "she came to America from Germanyby ship, young, alone and pregnant with my grandfather, John David".And that she probably was buried at the same cemetery as John David,the Benningfield Cemetery on Moore's Creek in Marion County, Kentucky.Also, that she was never married. [Later, I dubbed this the "Germanystory".]
I was excited--with the image of a pretty, young German girlin the 1880's, all alone and with child, traveling across the deepocean for maybe months, on a ship filled with strangers. Coming to anew and strange country, with strange ways and a strangelanguage...how brave she must have been! A myriad of questions racedthrough my mind. Did she die young, or did she live to be a very oldwoman? Maybe she even went back to her homeland. The more I thoughtabout her, the more compelled I became to find this elusive woman.
So armed with the above information, I set out to find my"German" great-grandmother, who I knew only as "Hale Bright". Mysearch began by sending for a death certificate for my grandfather,John David. His father must have been a German man, I decided, who hadperhaps deserted Hale. We had been told that John David, who we allcalled "Pappy", had "died at an early age, probably of Tuberculosis."I figured he was born about 1880 and that perhaps a death record wouldlist his parents. Soon I received one but unfortunately, his motherand father were listed as "unknown" and age at death "about age 57".So I did learn that he died rather young, but not from TB. He may havehad TB, but his cause of death was Hemophagia (a stroke)due toArteriosclerosis. He died in 1940. This meant Hale Bright would havetraveled to America about 1883, if she were pregnant with him. I hada date now, so I immediately sent for passenger lists to look for hername as a passenger on a ship to America from Germany. Needless tosay, I had no luck in this area. [There were many millions ofemigrants to America during the 19th Century and one must know theexact year of arrival, name of the ship, and the port of entry.]
I then sent for a death certificate for Hale Bright. Noluck here either. No death was listed in Kentucky for a person withthat name. (in the 1911-1997 records, the only records available)
I began questioning other family members. It seemed that noone knew anything more about the life, or death, of this increasinglymysterious woman--not even her own grandchildren.
In fact, one of the two living, told me that he had heard a storyabout a woman named "Mat" Bright, who he thought was John David'smother. She was buried at the Lower New Market Graveyard, and thestory he was told, was that when she died, the family was fightingover a ten-dollar gold-piece, so they put it in the casket and buriedit with her. Others had never heard of Hale, or worse, thought it wasa man. Absolutely no one knew who her parents or siblings were.
However, I visited that New Market cemetery and did find agrave and marker for a Mary E. Bright who died in 1919. She may havebeen called "Mat"...was she my "Hale" Bright?

Pretty soon, I was reminded that John David had two sisters,Addie and Ida BRIGHT. Aha! Now I was getting somewhere! I concludedhe must be the eldest. However, upon receiving death certificates forboth sisters, I learned that he was the youngest--Ida was born in 1873and Addie was born in 1876. In Marion County, Kentucky! Ida'scertificate listed both father and mother as "unknown". Addie's deathcertificate listed her mother as "Haley" Bright and father as a localLebanon man. Was I ever confused now! All three of Hale's childrenwere born in Marion County, Kentucky. Unless Ida was conceived inGermany, then the Germany story must be just that, a story.
The plot now thickens....
Had I been operating all along on false information? Ipoured over this possibility and concluded that Hale Bright probablyhad never been farther than Marion County, Kentucky, much less was shea world traveler!

Meanwhile, "back at the ranch", I had accumulated someinformation on Brights of Green, Taylor, and Marion counties fromstate census and various other sources I had located in the libraries.There was listed one Mahala A. Bright, age 3, on an 1850 Taylor COcensus, as a daughter of Buford and Rebecca Bright. Mahala, yes! Halehad to be a nickname for Mahala! Maybe this was my Hale Bright....
Then I found an obituary for this Mahala A., dated Decemberof 1903. She had died of Consumption (Tuberculosis) after "manymonths of patient suffering, and passed from time to eternity, whilesurrounded by her family of brothers and sisters". She had beeninterred at the Lower New Market Graveyard in Marion county. Becauseno children were mentioned, I felt it surely was not my Hale. Afterall, she had three beautiful children! It then occurred to me,perhaps it was because she had three children but was not married,that the names of her children were omitted. Hard to believe, butprobably true. After all, in those days, in the Bible Belt especially,the life of a woman with illegitimate children was a called a scandal;she was scorned and she was shamed!
I came to believe that this Mahala A. Bright was my elusivegrandmother--I had actually found her months ago, but was blinded bythe now defunct "Germany Story". This story must have been concoctedby the old folks to explain to the children why their mother had nohusband; why they had no father. The fact that it was 'full of holes'was irrelevant if it served its intended purpose, which no doubt, wasto muffle their questions. Obviously it had worked. No one hadquestioned it before.
So all I had to do now was prove my theory!

My next step was to try to find someone, anyone, who mighthave known the identity of the father or fathers, of Mahala'schildren. Not an easy task, as everyone who could have known Mahalawas now dead.
Mahala, such a pretty name.
When sharing my theory, and dilemma, with another researcherfrom that area, [Arland W. Benningfield], I was told that he knewsomeone who might be able to shed some light on the issue. Lo andbehold, my theory was soon confirmed when I learned that all "the oldfolks" in the community knew the name of the man who was said to bethe father of Hale's three children! And they knew her as Hale orHaley Bright! The "Hale Bright Place", on Moore's Creek in Marioncounty, had been known to have an abundance of grapevines with sweet,purple grapes and big trees of juicy, yellow apples! Still, I had notfound on paper that Mahala A. Bright was my Hale Bright...
...until I found Mahala A. Bright on the 1900 Marion CO KYcensus, with daughter Addie, and son John David. Next door, lived JohnWesly Newcomb. I knew this was about as close as I was going to get.And I suppose I will never find a legal record to prove who, I believein my heart, was the father of Hale's children. For some unknownreason, he chose to not marry her, (or did she choose not to marryhim?) although oddly enough, he married her sister! [And this is awhole 'nuther story you will find in the body of this book.]
My persistence had paid off. I had uncovered a whole newfamily...that our family never knew existed. As you will see, Mahalahad as many as fifteen brothers and sisters. Her father, BufordBright, was a nephew to the American Revolutionary War veteran WyndleBright. In fact, we have several Bright ancestors who served in thiswar, as well as the Civil War and others. Mahala's mother, RebeccaSHORT Bright, was a granddaughter of Joshua "Jake" Short, anotherbrave and patriotic American Revolutionary War veteran who had foughtthree battles with George Washington himself! All of them, truepioneers in every sense of the word.
I had also laid to rest, that deceitful Germany Story, thatperhaps well-meaning but nevertheless, lie, that had robbed us ofknowing our ancestors. Because of it, we never knew our greatgrandparents, nor so many of our aunts and uncles and cousins...andthe very rich history they had made! And we never before knew whoseblood runs through our veins! John David was not only a Bright, he wasalso a Newcomb. Mahala had not been a world traveler, but she musthave been one gutsy lady. From all indications of various records,she took care of her father after her mother died, probably inchildbirth, in December 1864. And no doubt, she played a great partin the rearing of her 15 siblings. She was a homemaker, and somehow onher own, she raised three children and gave them in marriage--beforethe sun set on her too early, at age 53 "after many months of patientsuffering". Perhaps she suffered much more than anyone ever knew,given that she was probably shunned all her adult life by thesurrounding community. And by creating the false Germany story,someone very nearly hid this woman from us forever.
Finally, I came upon a note of consent for Ida to marry,dated November 1893, very well-written and signed, by "Mahala A.Bright." I knew then that my search was over.
I wasn't at all disappointed to learn the truth about mygreat grandmother. Even my visions of her as a shy but pretty, youngGerman girl, alone and pregnant, on a ship amongst strangers...seemedto fit her still. And no matter her marital status, to me, she wasafter all, a lady: Mahala A. Bright b. December 1849 d. December 1903.
And her spirit lives on, in us, her many descendants!









Original signature of November 1893

Death: DEC 1903 New Market, Marion Co., KY

Given Name: John Thomas

Note: John Thomas was 7 years old when he died.

Death: 8 JAN 1854 Taylor Co., KY

Given Name: Henry Paten

Given Name: Margaret Ellen

Given Name: James

Occupation: cabinetmaker

Given Name: Hannah Elizabeth

Note: Hannah Elizabeth is the daughter of Joshua and Rebecca StanfieldSettles. She is related to Clifton Settles, spouse of Flossie JacobsSettles but the exact relationship is not yet known.

Death: 5 MAR 1933 Knox Co., TN

Given Name: Essie Cochise

Death: 22 MAR 1950 Knox Co., TN

Given Name: Joshua Kelly

Death: 24 FEB 1889 Calvary, Marion Co., KY

Given Name: William Hannah

Death: 22 FEB 1892 Calvary, Marion Co., KY

Given Name: James Curtis

Death: 19 JUN 1971 Blytheville, Mississippi, AR