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knoxcotn-digest Saturday, May 27 2000 Volume 01 : Number 096
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 13:13:43 -0400 From: "J. C. Tumblin, OD" <sleepy6@mailhub.icx.net> Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] History of Fountain City Thanks for asking, Gladys! We at The Heritage Committee, Fountain City Town Hall, will be posting a description of chapter titles, etc. the first of next week when we have firmed up quantity prices and shipping and handling costs. Until then, please visit Ms. McNamara's vendor table or come to Honor Fountain City Day (Fountain City Park, 1:00-5:00 p.m. Monday, May 29). Thanks again for asking! Jim Tumblin P.S. As the N-S Special Supplement says, the book has a ten page Biography of Miss Hicks (the first time it has been published), her portrait and very much enchanced photographs. Some are new and some very much enhanced by better printing methods. P.P.S. Miss Hicks was a descendant of Shadrach Hicks. His son, John, settled near Chestua (south of Madisonville) in Monroe County; but Nannie Lee was born at Mt. Horeb in Jefferson County near Dandridge. Her father was principal at Mt. Horeb Academy at the time of her birth. Miss Hicks taught History at Knoxville Central High School for 41 years. On her mother's side she descended from Samuel McSpadden who furnished black powder (carried on flat boats from his home near Dandridge on the French Broad River to New Orleans) for A. Jackson's victory over the British in the War of 1812. His home is identified by a Tennessee Historic Marker on TN 66 between Dandridge and Sevierville.
>X-Sender: mcnamara@pop.usit.net >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 >Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 06:13:00 -0700 >To: DG2COWS@aol.com, knoxcotn@rootsquest.com >From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> >Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] History of Fountain City >Sender: owner-knoxcotn@rootsquest.com >Reply-To: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> > >Hi, Gladys! Our own listmember, Dr. Jim Tumblin, is on the committee. The >book is available by mail from the committee, and I know Dr. Jim is >planning to post a notice here. > >I'll have sneak preview copies at my vendor table at the East Tennessee >Historical Center at this weekend's conference.... > >At 11:32 PM 5/24/00 -0400, DG2COWS@aol.com wrote: >>A supplement in todays Knoxville News-Sentinel has an article which mentions >>that "History of Fountain City" by Nannie Lee Hicks has been reprinted. The >>Fountain City Town Hall has reprinted a millenium (fourth) edition which is a >>100 plus page book which will sell for $10.00. It will be available at the >>annual Honor Fountain City Day held on Memorial Day at the Fountain City >>Park. The article does not give any information on ordering the book. >>Perhaps someone in Fountain City can furnish some info on this? >> >>Gladys > > > ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 19:49:02 EDT From: FamlyNames@aol.com Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Memorial Day memories Thanks for the posting, Billie, by Col. Hackworth. This man really knows his stuff, and I confess to being a member of his e-mail list. At any rate, I was curious to see if others have a similar memory to my own of Memorial Day. I spent a great portion of my time as a kid with my paternal grandparents and got the genealogy bug from my grandmother. Every Memorial Day weekend when I was a kid, generally on that Monday, we would take flowers and go and visit the various cemeteries where our ancestors were buried up in the mountains. My families date back to just after the Revolutionary War in that area, so needless to say, it was a day-long affair. We would always have more food than anyone should eat other than on Thanksgiving Day, and there would be much pickin' and singin'. It was usually a fairly large group of 10 or so of us in a caravan. These were my first memories of a sense of family history, and I've been at it ever since, going through musty books in libraries as a teenager. I'm all grown up now and moved away with a young child of my own, but those trips to the mountains are as integral a part of Memorial Day weekend for me as any. They taught me reverence for all of our American heroes, military, pioneer, Native, et al, starting with my lovely grandmother who introduced me to it and who has joined all those before her to be with God. So I thank her and I thank all the wonderful people out there on lists like this one who come together to keep their memories alive. Does anyone else out there have this tradition in the family? I've heard of it referred to as Decoration Day before, although I don't think we ever had a formal name for it. At any rate, wanted to share that and wish everyone who's lucky enough to attend the conference this weekend a safe and fruitful time. There's at least one Tennessean out here on the west coast who'll be with you in spirit!
Best, Elizabeth (Sellers) Dempsey ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 19:56:57 EDT From: FamlyNames@aol.com Subject: [KnoxCoTN] A memory follow-up I suppose I should cull through my e-mail and read it all before I sent things off! Saw Billie's note about the Heartland Series being online, and what should I find, but the second listing for 05/25/00 being none other than Decoration Day! Wish I were there to see it. However, the memory still stands. Best to all, Elizabeth ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 23:38:23 -0700 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: Re: [KnoxCoTN] Knoxville Sand and Marble Co. Wow! Thanks, Clayton! Is it possible to have them scanned or copied? Rose-Anne and I have been working with some very old stuff, and we might be able to make out some of the names... At 12:55 PM 5/25/00 -0400, Clayton McNew wrote: >I have three weekly time books from the Knoxville Sand and Marble Co. for >the years 1906-1909 I will try to list all the names I can make out. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 23:36:21 -0700 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Knoxville News Sentinel obits free for 10 days This is from 1994-2000. You might want to check your surnames, since the Sentinel covers a huge part of East Tennessee. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 14:38:05 -0400 From: "dgarris" <dgarris@ticz.com> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] Fw: Civil War Veterans Grave Stones - ----- Original Message ----- From: "dgarris" <dgarris@ticz.com> Sent: 25 May, 2000 9:01 PM Subject: Civil War Veterans Grave Stones
> I have digital copies of grave stones placed by Sons of Confederate Army > veterans of the following two men from TN. I will send copies to > their descendants. You must be able to accept a large JPG file. > > BEAVELL, HIRMAN FRANCIS, Co A, 3TN Inf > > CAWOOD, ANDREW J., Capt, Co B, 43 TN Inf > > Soldiers are buried at Confederate Rest Cemetery, Point Clear, AL. > > > Don > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 23:17:53 -0700 From: "Billie R. McNamara" <knox@tngenweb.org> Subject: [KnoxCoTN] LDS Family History Library Catalogue -- Home Version The Family History Library Catalog is now available on CD-Rom - cheap $5. This CD "will allow users to peruse the Family History Library's extensive collection to select searchable resources before traveling to a local Family History Center." The catalog includes over 2.5 million microforms and 300,000 books, and allows users to search by keyword, title, author, and call number to the place, surname, subject, and film number. Read about it here: FAMILY HISTORY CATALOG ON CD-ROM See http://www.lds.org/med_inf/new_upd/20000525_Catalog.html <a href="http://www.lds.org/med_inf/new_upd/20000525_Catalog.html">Link</a> ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 00:52:29 EDT From: SHERRY2360@aol.com Subject: [KnoxCoTN] (no subject) Hi Everyone! I am looking for the families connected to the Leake (Leek), Mundy (Monday), Luttrell and Humphrey(s) from the east Knox area. If you are researching these names also, I recently transcribed the Murphy's Chapel Cemetery and it is now online at the link below. If you think we may be able to connect, please drop me a note! How about this for a topic: How hard is it to find your surname? The surnames in my family are terrible to research! They include: Humphrey, Leake, Luttrell, Henry, Sharp, York, Henderson, Cannon, & Perry - - all of these are also PLACES!!!! Monday, Strange, Free, Hall, and Lane Do you know how many times these words are used in average documents, letters, ect.???? That leaves me with 4 "normal" surnames: Washam?, Coppock, Burchfield, and Edmonds. Oh well, I guess you can't choose your ancestors can you? Best to all, Sherry~ <A HREF="ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/knox/cemeteries/murphy.txt">C lick here: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tn/knox/cemeteries/murphy.txt</ A> ------------------------------ End of knoxcotn-digest V1 #96 ***************************** |