Descendants of George Henckel
Generation No. 1
1. GEORGE1 HENCKEL1 was
born 1635 in Probably allendorf-ad-Lumbda, near Giessen, Germany, and died 29
Jan 1677/78 in Mehrenberg, Germany. He
married ANNA E. DENTZER1 02
May 1666 in Steinberg, Germany. She was
born 1604, and died Feb 1699/00 in Steinberg, Germany.
More About GEORGE HENCKEL:
Fact 1 (2): School at
Giessen University, Germany
Medical Information:
Buried at the Lutheran Church Cemetery, Mehrenberg
Occupation:
Schoolmaster of Mehrenberg, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany
More About ANNA E. DENTZER:
Medical Information:
Buried March 1, 1700 in the Lutheran Church Cemetery at Steinberg, Germany
More About GEORGE HENCKEL and ANNA DENTZER:
Marriage: 02 May 1666,
Steinberg, Germany
Child of GEORGE HENCKEL and ANNA DENTZER is:
2. i. REV. ANTHONY JACOB2 HENCKEL, b. 1668,
Mehrenberg, Germany; d. Oct 1785, Germantown, Pennsylvania.
Generation No. 2
2. REV. ANTHONY JACOB2 HENCKEL (GEORGE1)1 was born 1668 in Mehrenberg, Germany, and died Oct
1785 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He
married MARIA ELIZABETH DENTZER1. She died 27 Jan 1743/44 in Germantown,
Pennsylvania.
Notes for REV. ANTHONY JACOB HENCKEL:
Notes from Billie
Fazakerly Harrison: (updates July, 2004)
I understand that the
Hinkles were German--a letter from my aunt, Merle Bryan, in May 1976 mentioned
that "the Hinkle brothers were run out of Germany as Catholic Priests
collaborating with Martin Luther".
Also enclosed in this
letter to me from my aunt was the following: a letter sent to my grandmother in
Dec. 1974 from Mildred (not sure which Mildred this is, possibly Effie's
daughter)--"finally was able to get a copy of the Henckel genealogy. Find that our great-great-great-great, etc.
Anthony Jacob Henckel emigrated from Germany in 1717--settled in Germantown,
Pennsylvania and was the founder of St. Michails Lutheran Church there. I have traced our line back to the 10th
child. It has been interesting. I would love to do the same with grandma
Hinkle's father--the Clampetts--but don't know whether I'll ever get to
it. So much work involved."
I was told by my
grandmother, Gladys Christine Meshew Finch that some of the Hinkles settled in
Kentucky in an area called Hinkleville, (Ballard Co.). Hinkleville was
supposedly named after Casper's son Charles (brother of George listed
below). As my grandmother
explained--Hinkleville was a hamlet of about 100 people named after the family.
Billie Fazakerly
Harrison,
Ancestor of the
Hinkles & Meshews & Finches & Fazakerlys
More About REV. ANTHONY JACOB HENCKEL:
Fact 1 (2) 1:
Emigrated to America, 1717 ("came to Germantown 1727"); Left Germany
during the "battle" between the Lutherans, Protestants and Catholics
Fact 1 (2) 2:
"Examined by the Department of Theology on January 16, 1692, Giessen
University; ordained to the Lutheran Ministry.
Medical Information:
Buried Lutheran Church Cemetery
Child of ANTHONY HENCKEL and MARIA DENTZER is:
3. i. JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II, b. 07
Jul 1709, Daudenzell, Germany; d. 21 Jan 1750/51, Germantown, City limits of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Generation No. 3
3. JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II (ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)2
was born 07 Jul 1709 in Daudenzell, Germany3, and died 21 Jan
1750/51 in Germantown, City limits of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married ANNA MAGARET4 Abt. 1732. She
was born 28 Jun 1711 in England, and died 01 Oct 1800 in Germantown, City
limits of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
More About JACOB ANTHONY HENCKEL II:
Fact 1 (2) 1:
Emigrated to the Provence of Pennsylvania, 1717
Fact 1 (2) 2: Tenth
child of Rev. Anthony Jacob Henckel
Medical Information:
Buried in the church yard at St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Germantown,
Pennslyvania where his parents were buried
More About ANNA MAGARET:
Cause of Death: Age at
death: 89
Fact 1 (2): Married
2nd time to Martin Grove; Married 3rd time to Mr. Eagle (Egle).
Medical Information:
Buried beside her first husband, Jacob Anthony Henckel, Jr., in the church yard
at St. Michael's Lutheran Church in Germantown, Pennsylvania
More About JACOB HENCKEL and ANNA MAGARET:
Marriage: Abt. 1732
Children of JACOB HENCKEL and ANNA MAGARET are:
4. i. CAPTAIN CHARLES4 HINKLE, b. Abt.
1741, Germantown, Pennsylvania; d. Abt. 1785, Rowan, North Carolina.
ii. PETER HINKLE5.
iii. MICHAEL HINKLE5.
iv. PHILIP HINKLE5.
v. HENRY HINKLE5.
Generation No. 4
4. CAPTAIN CHARLES4 HINKLE (JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II,
ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)6
was born Abt. 1741 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and died Abt. 1785 in Rowan,
North Carolina. He married ELIZABETH JOHNSON6 1761 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, daughter of CASPER JOHNSON and CATHERINE. She died Aft. 1805.
More About CAPTAIN CHARLES HINKLE:
Fact 1 (2) 1: Charles
& Elizabeth: 5 children; three living: Casper, Charles, Jr., Anthony7
Fact 1 (2) 2: Listed
as the fifth child of Jacob Anthony Henckel & Anna Margaret Henckel
Fact 3 (2): During the
Revolutionary War, served as a 'Wagoner' hauling amunitions, food, &
clothing for the Colonial Army along the Atlantic Seabord; Signed receipts as
Captain & Assistant Quartermaster. (From a letter of Marcus in Thomasville,
NC to Adelaide Fries)
Fact 4 (2): "Like
his brothers, Philip & Henry, he was in charge of other wagons"
Fact 5 (2): Land
Grant, Rowan, NC, 1778; Grant, 1783, 320 acres on waters of Bushey Fork of
Abbot's Creek, NC
Occupation:
Wheelwright
More About CAPTAIN HINKLE and ELIZABETH JOHNSON:
Marriage: 1761,
Germantown, Pennsylvania
Children of CAPTAIN HINKLE and ELIZABETH JOHNSON are:
5. i. CHARLES ANTHONY5 HINKLE, JR., b. 1769,
Germantown, Pennsylvania; d. Bet. 1845 - 1849, Shelby Co., Kentucky.
ii. CASPER HINKLE7, b.
Bef. 1785; m. FANNY8.
iii. ANTHONY HINKLE8, b.
Bef. 1785.
Generation No. 5
5. CHARLES ANTHONY5 HINKLE, JR. (CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II, ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)9
was born 1769 in Germantown, Pennsylvania, and died Bet. 1845 - 1849 in Shelby
Co., Kentucky10. He
married SUSANNAH MARCH11 May
1797 in Silasbury, North Carolina12.
More About CHARLES ANTHONY HINKLE, JR.:
Fact 1 (2): Mrs. Jean
Hinkle Riley stated that in the 1910 Shelby Co., KY census, (believe this
should be 1810 census) there were 7 sons & 4 daughters
Medical Information:
Family of Charles is buried at the Fairview Cemetery, Todd's Point, Shelby
County, Kentucky
More About CHARLES HINKLE and SUSANNAH MARCH:
Marriage: May 1797,
Silasbury, North Carolina12
Children of CHARLES HINKLE and SUSANNAH MARCH are:
6. i. CASPER6 HINKLE, b. 1800,
Probably Shelby Co., Kentucky; d. 1842, Jefferson or Shelby Co., Kentucky.
ii. CHARLES HINKLE13.
iii. MARCH HINKLE13.
Generation No. 6
6. CASPER6 HINKLE (CHARLES ANTHONY5, CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II,
ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)14
was born 1800 in Probably Shelby Co., Kentucky15, and died
1842 in Jefferson or Shelby Co., Kentucky15. He married MILDRED OGLESBY16 06 Mar 1826, daughter of JESSE OGLESBY and BETSY HEAD. She was born 1802 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky,
and died 1880 in Probably Hinkleville, Kentucky.
More About CASPER HINKLE:
Fact 1 (2) 1: 1812,
Participated in War of 1812, "Col. Casper Hinkle"
Fact 1 (2) 2: 1804,
Moved to Shelby Co, Kentucky in 1804
Fact 3 (2): "They
did not read English & their older grandchildren remember their grandmother
Mildred Hinkle reading her German Bible while sitting in the warmth of the wood
heated stove in the home of her son, George Hinkle near Hinkleville, KY" 17
More About CASPER HINKLE and MILDRED OGLESBY:
Marriage: 06 Mar 1826
Children of CASPER HINKLE and MILDRED OGLESBY are:
7. i. THOMAS GEORGE7 HINKLE, b. 23 Dec
1827, Shelby Co., Kentucky; d. 27 Mar 1889, Hinkleville, Ballard Co., Kentucky.
ii. JESSE C. HINKLE18, b.
28 Sep 1829, Shelby Co., Kentucky; d. Possibly Cairo, Illinois.
More About JESSE C. HINKLE:
Fact 1 (2) 1: 1861,
Mustered into service as 1st Lieutenant, Co. C., 7th KY Regiment; Mustered out
at end of war as Major
Fact 1 (2) 2: 1856,
Moved to Ballard Co., KY, 1856; according to "Ballard's Brave Boys",
he was given credit for founding Hinkleville.
Fact 3 (2): 1872, Moved
to Cairo, Illinois 1872
8. iii. DR. CHARLES EDWARD HINKLE, b. 13 Mar 1838, Shelby Co., Kentucky; d. 13 Sep 1894.
iv. ELIZABETH HINKLE19.
v. SUSAN HINKLE20.
vi. RACHEL HINKLE20.
Generation No. 7
7. THOMAS GEORGE7 HINKLE (CASPER6, CHARLES ANTHONY5, CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II, ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)21
was born 23 Dec 1827 in Shelby Co., Kentucky, and died 27 Mar 1889 in
Hinkleville, Ballard Co., Kentucky. He
married CHRISTINA JANE CLAMPETT22 05
Dec 1861 in Shelby County, Kentucky, daughter of WILLIAM CLAMPETT and MARTHA SMITH. She was born 15 Jan 1844 in Summer or Sumner
Co., Tennessee or Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Kentucky, and died Jul 1918 in
Pleasant Hill, Kentucky.
More About THOMAS GEORGE HINKLE:
Burial: Hinkleville,
Ballard Co., Kentucky
Cause of Death:
Pneumonia; Age at death: 6122
Fact 1 (2) 1: 1717,
Great, Great, Great, Great, etc., Grandfather Anthony Jacob "Henkel"
emigrated from Germany in 1717--settled in Germantown Pennsylvania &
founder of St. Michaels Lutheran Church.
Fact 1 (2) 2:
"Hinkleville was a Hamlet of about 100 people named after the
family". "Hinkleville was named in honor of his brother, Charles
Hinkle."
Fact 3 (2): Some of
the Hinkles settled in KY in an area called Hinkleville, Ballard Co., & was
supposedly named for Casper's son, Charles, brother of Thomas George
Fact 4 (2): 1864,
"George" was a Confederate Soldier, Enlisting in 1864; Served in the
CSA Company K, 7th Mounted Infantry Under General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Fact 5 (2): 1889,
"George" died about a year before his daugher, Mattie Mildred,
married Dr. Meshew
Medical Information:
"Contracted pneumonia after sitting on a stump while clearing
land"Buried: Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Hinkleville,
Kentucky22
More About CHRISTINA JANE CLAMPETT:
Burial: Hinkleville,
Ballard Co., Kentucky
Cause of Death: Age at
death: 74
Fact 1 (2) 1:
"Tena's" parents were German and her mother couldn't speak English.
Fact 1 (2) 2:
"She was also considered to be somewhat of a 'Grandma Moses' (art), but none of her work was saved".
Fact 3 (2):
"Tena" was "considered an exceptional woman for she took her
oldest baby in her arms and rode horseback unaccompanied to Mississippi to
visit her husband in camp". (If this was the "oldest child",
then it must have been Charles Hendrick Hinkle, b. 1863.)
Medical Information:
Buried: Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Hinkleville, Kentucky22
More About THOMAS HINKLE and CHRISTINA CLAMPETT:
Marriage: 05 Dec 1861,
Shelby County, Kentucky
Children of THOMAS HINKLE and CHRISTINA CLAMPETT are:
i. CHARLES HENDRICK8 HINKLE22, b. 20 Apr 1863, Hinkleville, Ballard Co., Kentucky;
d. 06 Apr 1949.
More About CHARLES HENDRICK HINKLE:
Burial: Hinkleville,
Ballard Co., Kentucky
Fact 1 (2): Never
Married
Medical Information:
Buried: Pleasant Hill Methodiat Church Cemetery, Hinkleville, Kentucky22
ii. THOMAS GEORGE HINKLE, JR.22, b.
18 Apr 1866, Hinkleville, Ballard Co., Kentucky; d. 14 Nov 1922.
More About THOMAS GEORGE HINKLE, JR.:
Burial: 1922,
Hinkleville, Ballard Co., Kentucky
Fact 1 (2): Never
married.
Medical Information:
Buried: Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Hinkleville, Kentucky22
9. iii. BETTIE JOHNSON HINKLE, b. 29 Jul 1870, Hinkleville, Ballard Co., Kentucky;
d. 1947.
10. iv. EFFIE LEE HINKLE, b. 11 Dec 1872, Hinkleville, Ballard Co., Kentucky;
d. 21 Jul 1957, Ballard Co., Kentucky.
11. v. IDA CASPER HINKLE, b. 23 Dec 1876, Hinkleville, Ballard Co., Kentucky;
d. 02 Sep 1945, Hinkleville, Ballard Co., Kentucky.
12. vi. FRANCES ETTA HINKLE, b. 13 Dec 1881; d. 1956.
13. vii. MATTIE MILDRED HINKLE, b. 25 Mar 1868, Hinkleville, Ballard Co., Kentucky;
d. 28 Sep 1946, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
8. DR. CHARLES EDWARD7 HINKLE (CASPER6, CHARLES ANTHONY5, CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II, ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)23
was born 13 Mar 1838 in Shelby Co., Kentucky, and died 13 Sep 1894. He married MARY ANNA REEVES24.
More About DR. CHARLES EDWARD HINKLE:
Fact 1 (2) 1: 23 Apr
1864, Enlisted as a private, Co. C 7th Regiment
Fact 1 (2) 2: 1861,
Graduated from the University of Louisville, KY
Fact 3 (2): Very
successful physician
Children of DR. HINKLE and MARY REEVES are:
i. WILLIAM R.8 HINKLE24, b. Bef. 1894.
ii. HALLIE W. HINKLE24, b.
Bef. 1894.
iii. JESSE C. HINKLE24, b.
Bef. 1894.
iv. JAMES W. HINKLE24, b.
Bef. 1894.
v. KATIE HINKLE24, b.
Bef. 1894.
vi. FREDDIE F. HINKLE24, b.
Bef. 1894.
Generation No. 8
9. BETTIE JOHNSON8 HINKLE (THOMAS GEORGE7, CASPER6, CHARLES ANTHONY5, CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II,
ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)25
was born 29 Jul 1870 in Hinkleville, Ballard Co., Kentucky, and died 1947. She married JOSEPH ZACKERLY TERRELL, JR.25 04 May 1892.
More About BETTIE JOHNSON HINKLE:
Burial: Hinkleville,
Ballard Co., Kentucky
Medical Information:
Buried: Pleasant Hill Methodist Cemetery, Hinkleville, Kentucky25
More About JOSEPH ZACKERLY TERRELL, JR.:
Fact 1 (2): 5
children, but information on one only: Ronald Earl Terrell
More About JOSEPH TERRELL and BETTIE HINKLE:
Marriage: 04 May 1892
Child of BETTIE HINKLE and JOSEPH TERRELL is:
i. RONALD EARL9 TERRELL25, b. 10 Jun 1893; d. 11 Sep 1977.
10. EFFIE LEE8 HINKLE (THOMAS GEORGE7, CASPER6, CHARLES ANTHONY5, CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II,
ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)25
was born 11 Dec 1872 in Hinkleville, Ballard Co., Kentucky, and died 21 Jul
1957 in Ballard Co., Kentucky. She
married GEORGE EVERETT HINES25 31
Dec 1903.
More About EFFIE LEE HINKLE:
Burial: Hinkleville,
Ballard Co., Kentucky
Fact 1 (2) 1: Effie
Lee was named for Robert E. Lee
Fact 1 (2) 2: Her
sons, Maurice & Thomas were twins, b. April 07, 1906
Fact 3 (2): Teacher:
Taught in a one room school in Ballard Co. for years
Medical Information:
Buried Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Hinkleville, Kentucky25
More About GEORGE HINES and EFFIE HINKLE:
Marriage: 31 Dec 1903
Children of EFFIE HINKLE and GEORGE HINES are:
i. MAURICE EVERETT9 HINES25, b. 07 Apr 1906.
ii. THOMAS MARION HINES25, b.
07 Apr 1906.
iii. MILDRED HINES25, b.
13 Jul 1908; m. BORGMAN25.
11. IDA CASPER8 HINKLE (THOMAS GEORGE7, CASPER6, CHARLES ANTHONY5, CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II,
ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)25
was born 23 Dec 1876 in Hinkleville, Ballard Co., Kentucky, and died 02 Sep
1945 in Hinkleville, Ballard Co., Kentucky.
She married JAMES MARSHALL BONDURANT25 02
Aug 1900.
More About IDA CASPER HINKLE:
Medical Information:
Buried Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Hinkleville, Kentucky25
More About JAMES BONDURANT and IDA HINKLE:
Marriage: 02 Aug 1900
Children of IDA HINKLE and JAMES BONDURANT are:
i. MARGUERITE9 BONDURANT25, b. 06 Jul 1901; d. 24 May 1984; m. SAMPLES25.
ii. TOM MARSHALL BONDURANT26, b.
22 Sep 1904; d. 22 Nov 1904.
iii. HINKLE ROY BONDURANT27, b.
08 Feb 1906.
iv. JAMES HENRY BONDURANT27, b.
17 Dec 1909.
v. BABY STILLBORN BONDURANT27, b.
Oct 1912.
vi. GORDON REX BONDURANT27, b.
04 Jan 1916; d. 05 Mar 1985.
12. FRANCES ETTA8 HINKLE (THOMAS GEORGE7, CASPER6, CHARLES ANTHONY5, CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II,
ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)28
was born 13 Dec 1881, and died 1956. She
married JAMES L. HINES29.
More About FRANCES ETTA HINKLE:
Fact 1 (2): Divorced;
One daughter, believed to be Marjorie Hines Raper, 1908-1950
Medical Information:
Buried: Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Hinkleville, KentuckyPossibly
burial place of James HinesDau. may have been Majorie Hines Raper 1908-1950;
buried LaCenter cemetery near her mother29
Child of FRANCES HINKLE and JAMES HINES is:
i. MAJORIE9 HINES?29, b. 1908.
13. MATTIE MILDRED8 HINKLE (THOMAS GEORGE7, CASPER6, CHARLES ANTHONY5, CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II,
ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)29
was born 25 Mar 1868 in Hinkleville, Ballard Co., Kentucky, and died 28 Sep
1946 in Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
She married DR. JOSHUA WHITE MESHEW29 06
Mar 1890 in Hinkleville, Ballard Co., Kentucky, son of JAMES MESHEW and MARTHA WHITE. He was born 01 Sep 1863 in Lovelaceville,
Ballard Co., Kentucky, and died 02 Jan 1926 in Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky.
Notes for MATTIE MILDRED HINKLE:
[FINCHM.FTW]
I understand that the
Hinkles were German--a letter from my aunt, Merle Bryan, in May 1976 mentioned
that "the Hinkle brothers were run out of Germany as Catholic Priests
collaborating with Martin Luther".
Also enclosed in this
letter to me from my aunt was the following--sent to my grandmother in Dec. 1974
from Mildred (not sure which Mildred this is, possibly Effie's
daughter)--"finally was able to get a copy of the Henckel genealogy. Find that our great-great-great-great, etc.
Anthony Jacob Henckel emigrated from Germany in 1717--settled in Germantown, Pennsylvania
and was the founder of St. Michails Lutheran Church there. I have traced our line back to the 10th
child. It has been interesting. I would love to do the same with grandma
Hinkle's father--the Clampetts--but don't know whether I'll ever get to
it. So much work involved."
Some of the Hinkles
settled in Kentucky in a area called Hinkleville, (Ballard Co.). Hinkleville
was supposedly named after Casper's son Charles (brother of George listed
below). As my grandmother
explained--Hinkleville was a hamlet of about 100 people named after the family.
*** Mattie Mildred
Hinkle Meshew's family:
Thomas George Hinkle:
12/23/1827-3/27/1889; born in Shelby Co., KY; died in Ballard Co., KY; buried:
Pleasant Hill Methodist church cemetery, Hinkleville, KY; married: 12/05/1861
to Christina Jane Clampett.
"George" was
a confederate soldier, enlisting in 1864; served in the CSA Company K, 7th
mounted infantry under General Nathan Bedford Forrest. He died after "he
contracted pneumonia after sitting on a stump while clearing land". His
parents, Casper and Mildred Oglesby Hinkle could not read English. The
"older grandchildren remember their grandmother Mildred Hinkle reading her
German Bible while sitting in the warmth of the wood heated cook stove in the
home of her son, George Hinkle, near Hinkleville, Kentucky." George Hinkle died about a year before his
daughter Mattie married Dr. Meshew.
***Christina Jane
Clampett: 1/15/1844-7/1918; born in Summer Co., TN (sumner?) Another source
says Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Kentucky--perhaps she was raised there); married
in Shelby Co., KY; buried: Pleasant Hill Methodist church cemetery,
Hinkleville, KY; "tena", her nickname, was the daughter of William
Clampett and Martha Smith Clampett. They were German and her mother could not
speak English. Tena was also considered "an exceptional woman for she took
her oldest baby in her arms and rode horseback unaccompanied to Mississippi to
visit her husband."
She was also
considered to be somewhat of a "grandma Moses" but none of her work
was saved. She and George had 7
children.
1. Charles Hendrick
Hinkle 4/20/1863-4/6/1949 (Charles) never married; born: Hinkleville, KY;
buried: Pleasant Hill Methodist church cemetery Hinkleville, KY
2. Thomas George
Hinkle 4/18/1866-11/14/1922 (Thomas) never married; born: Hinkleville, KY;
buried: Pleasant Hill Methodist church cemetery
3. Mattie Mildred
Hinkle Meshew (Mattie)
4. Bettie Johnson
Hinkle Terrell 7/29/1870-1947 (Bettie); married: Joseph Zackery Terrell, Jr.
5/4/1892; five children: Ronald Earl Terrell 6/10/1893-9/11/1977 (I have no
info on the other four children); buried: Pleasant Hill Methodist church
cemetery
5. Effie Lee Hinkle
Hines 12/11/1872-7/21/1957 (named for Robert E. Lee); teacher: taught in a one
room school in Ballard Co. for years; married: George Everett Hines
12/31/1903; three children: twins:
Maurice Everett Hines & Thomas Marion Hines 4/7/1906 and Mildred Hines
Borgman 7/13/1908; buried: Pleasant Hill Methodist church cemetery
6. Ida Casper Hinkle
Bondurant 12/23/1876-9/2/1945 (Ida); married: James Marshall Bondurant
8/2/1900; six children: Marguerite Bondurant Samples 7/6/1901-5/24/1984; Tom
Marshall Bondurant 9/22/1904-11/22/1904; Hinkle Roy Bondurant 2/8/1906; James
Henry Bondurant 12/17/1909; baby stillborn 1012 (1912?); Gordon Rex Bondurant
1/4/1916-3/5/1985; buried; Pleasant Hill Methodist church cemetery
7. Frances Etta Hinkle
Hines 12/13/1881-1956 (Fan or Fannie) married/divorced: James L. Hines; one
daughter (name unknown); (daughter may have been Majorie Hines Rapier;
1908-1950 and buried in the Old Lacenter cemetery near her mother); buried:
Pleasant Hill Methodist church cemetery (believe this is the burial place of
James Hines)
My grandmother, Gladys
Meshew Finch, said that she stayed with grandma Hinkle often and was 'Tena's'
favorite grandchild until Aunt Fan separated from her husband and brought her
baby daughter to live with them. She said that her grandmother Hinkle was the
best cook to her knowledge. An excellent
cook. She also said "uncle Tom always called me 'Miss Woman' and called
brother [Josh] 'Preacher'. He was a 'kid
spoiler'."
My grandmother also
said she never saw either of her grandfathers. There were pictures of both of
them , but they burned with "our" house in 1910. (Not sure which home
she was referring to.)
Billie Lynn Fazakerly
Harrison
Great granddaughter
October 1994
More About MATTIE MILDRED HINKLE:
Burial: Barlow,
Ballard Co., Kentucky
Fact 1 (2) 1: Well
loved by her children & grandchildren. Had 8 children.
Fact 1 (2) 2:
Described as "a lady of culture & refinement".
Fact 3 (2): Methodist;
from a large family, the Hinkles (see notes)
Fact 4 (2): She was
always well dressed & wore beautiful clothes.
Fact 5 (2): Crocheted
a beautiful blue dress for Mama (Martha) when she was a youg girl. (I still have it.)
Fact 6 (2): While on a
visit to my grandmother, Gladys, she had a heart attack & died in Memphis,
Tennessee.
Fact 7 (2): (I believe
she was at the Baptist Hospital having x-rays taken when this happened.)
Fact 8 (2): Buried at
Barlow City Cemetery, Barlow, KY.
Occupation: Teacher
for Four Years; Housewife
Notes for DR. JOSHUA WHITE MESHEW:
[FINCHM.FTW]
My great grandfather.
The following notes
were taken from a letter about Dr. Joshua White Meshew written after his death,
1926.
"acted wisely in
remaining where he began his professional career"
"was a charter
member of the Ballard County Medical Society"
"served for many
years on his County board of Health"
"during the world
war he served in the County board of examiners of enlisted men"
"officer in the
bank of Barlow"
"active in the
upbuilding of schools"
"communicant of
the Methodist Church"
"served on year
as Senior Vice President of the South Western Kentucky Medical
Association"
"past Master of
the Hazlewood Masonic Lodge No. 489, located at Barlow, Kentucky"
"It can be
truthfull said of him, to know him was to love him."
"In the sacred
precincts of the home, in the social circle, professional duties, in medical
accociations, and elsewhere he was ever the same splendid courteous gentleman.
We doubt not that had he known of the coming of the fatal stroke, our brother
could have consistently said, 'I have fought a good fight, I have kept the
faith, henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of Righteousness.'"
Robert G. Hocker, Chr.
Historian & Willis R. Moss & Chas. C. (Monroe?)
Copy of his eulogy
written in 1926 by James F. Dale, a friend of the beloved and respected Dr.
Joshua White Meshew.
In a lonely little forest some fifty
years ago,
I saw a sturdy litle
oak, and stopped to watch it grow.
I saw it grow to manhood, and spread its
branches out,
Then on and on in
rapture, out-classing those in sight.
I saw him then in med-life with branches
towering high,
Far above the average
oak of the forest standing by,
He sheltered us in sicknesss and brought
us back to health,
He shared with us our
sorrows, in poverty or in wealth.
I saw him then in old age, with branches
bending low,
Laden with the many
burdens of life's great cargo,
But on and on he bore them, with
patience brave and true,
Till death, the Grim
Reaper, his noble branches slew.
'Twas with sadness and with sorrow we
heard the fatal crash,
But we knew in yonder
for he'll outshine the rugged past.
This giant oak we speak of is one we all
love true,
Our much beloved
doctor, Josh White Meshew.
James F. Dale
Jean Meshew, Joshua
White Meshew's grandson, wrote the following to me when I was requesting
information on the Meshew family.
"...he built the first municipal
water works in Western Kentucky, primarily as a preventive medicine
measure. He charged 50 cents a month for
the water, which many did not pay. Along
came one of the financial "panics" of the time, and grandfather, in
addition to his other charities, had co-signed notes for many people, which he
had to make good when they couldn't pay.
He was ruined financially, and persuaded the city of Barlow to accept
the water company as a gift, so that the remaining debt on it would be paid by
the city. He was 60 when he died. He was on his way home from a house-call when
he pulled his car over to the side of the road and stopped, having a heart
attack."
This from Kerr's
'history of Kentucky':
"Doctor Meshew is a man who holds
his friends in good account and likes to have them about him. He has great
mental resourcefulness, and has accomplished surprising achievements, not only
in his calling but in other lines.
Always holding the good of his community at heart, he has generously
worked for it, and has found at Barlow his inspiration and congenial
surroundings, which have aided him in his life work. He is a man of personal charm, culture, and
wide intellectual interests, and his fellow citizens are very proud of him and
the principles for which he has always stood."
Billie Lynn Fazakerly
Harrison
Great granddaughter
October 1994
More About DR. JOSHUA WHITE MESHEW:
Burial: Jan 1926,
Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky
Cause of Death: Heart
attack; Age at Death: 62
Fact 1 (2) 1: Began
teaching at age 17. Two years in McCracken Co. KY. & two years in Ballard
Co., KY.
Fact 1 (2) 2: Attended
the rural schools of Ballard Co. KY & Marvin College in Clinton, KY.
Fact 3 (2): Abt. 1900,
Joshua White Meshew was the town doctor in Barlow, KY; Residence & office
at the corner of Main & Maple streets. Owned other real estate and two
farms north of Barlow comprising of 142 acres. Erected & owned the water
plant in town (1905).
Fact 4 (2): Helped on his
mother's farm at age 13 when his father, Dr. Meshew, died.
Fact 5 (2): Graduated
from the University of Louisville, KY, March 1, 1889 with a M.D. Degree.
Fact 6 (2): Set up
general practice in Barlow, KY.
Practiced medicine from 1889-1926.; Stockholder & director of the
Bank of Barlow; a Mason; & member of the County Board of Health; Belonged
the the Ballard Co. Medical Society the KY state Medical Society & AMA
Fact 7 (2): See copy
of eulogy & other write-ups enclosed.
Fact 8 (2): My
grandmother, Gladys, said he always tipped his hat to the ladies. He was a
great gentleman.
Fact 9 (2): She also
said that whenever he came home he immediately called for her mother.
Fact 10 (2): My
grandmother, and many other people, loved him dearly. An exceptional person.
Fact 11 (2): 1926,
Died of a heart attack; driving his car and pulled over to the side of the
road. Died Jan. 02, 1926. Age at death: 62; He and his daughter, Gladys
Christine Meshew Finch, died on the same day: January 02.
Fact 12 (2): Worked
hard all his life for others. Very well respected in the community.
Fact 13 (2): Aft.
1926, The portraits of Joshua White Meshew & Mattie Mildred Hinkle Meshew
that belonged to my grandmother (above her grand piano) were given to Jean
Pierre Meshew, hew nephew, when my grandmother passed away; He in turn sent
them to me years later. bfh
Medical Information:
Died Barlow, Ballard Co., KY
Occupation: Teacher
for Four Years; Doctor
More About JOSHUA MESHEW and MATTIE HINKLE:
Marriage date: 06 Mar
1890
Marriage: 06 Mar 1890,
Hinkleville, Ballard Co., Kentucky
Marriage Fact: 06 Mar
1890, Married in Mattie's parents home (who were residing in Hinkleville, KY.)
Children of MATTIE HINKLE and JOSHUA MESHEW are:
i. NEWTON HINKLE9 MESHEW29, b. 22 Jun 1891, Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky; d. 28
Oct 1891, Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky.
More About NEWTON HINKLE MESHEW:
Fact 1 (2): Died in
infancy; buried at the Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Ballard Co., KY
Medical Information:
Age at death: 4 months
ii. MATTIE OPAL MESHEW29, b.
03 Nov 1892; d. 15 Oct 1893, Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky.
More About MATTIE OPAL MESHEW:
Date born 2: 03 Nov
1892, Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky
Fact 1 (2): Died of
dysentery; Buried at the Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Ballard Co.,
KY
Medical Information:
Age at death: one year
iii. STELLA JOYCE MESHEW29, b.
24 Dec 1894, Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky; d. 24 Jan 1895, Barlow, Ballard
Co., Kentucky.
More About STELLA JOYCE MESHEW:
Fact 1 (2): Died in
infancy; buried at the Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Ballard Co., KY
Medical Information:
Age at death: Infancy
14. iv. GLADYS CHRISTINE MESHEW, b. 21 Feb 1896, Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky; d. 02
Jan 1976, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
15. v. JOSHUA WILFORD MESHEW, b. 04 Sep 1898, Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky; d. 28
May 1972, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
16. vi. ELIZABETH MERLE MESHEW, b. 28 Sep 1900, Ballard Co., Kentucky; d. 10 Aug
1995, Bakersfield, Kern Co., California.
17. vii. GEORGE JENNINGS MESHEW, b. 07 Jan 1907, Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky; d. 06
Feb 1963, Pompano Beach, Broward Co., Florida.
viii. FRANK CECIL MESHEW29, b.
09 Oct 1911, Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky; d. 19 Nov 2000, Illinois; m. EVELYN B. (BLACK?)29, Nov 1948, Probably Illinois; b. 13 Aug 1910,
Illinois; d. Mar 1990, Illinois.
Notes for FRANK CECIL MESHEW:
[FINCHM.FTW]
Some of the information
I received about Uncle Frank came from Jean Hinkle Riley from Paducah,
Kentucky. The info came from her
genealogy of the Hinkle family. I have
found several errors as to dates and the spelling of names. She had uncle frank's middle name spelled
"Crice" instead of Cecil--also aunt Evelyn's middle name spelled as
Blaha, which I think might be Black. I don't know if that is correct or
not. Anyway, I apologize for any errors
made on my part from info taken from this source.
According to Joyce
Meshew Girard, Frank's niece,
"Uncle Frank isn't a big letter writer, he just won't
write!".
To talk to Uncle Frank,
one had to call him--and ask questions fast and move on to the next question
quickly. He was helpful with my requests
on the information I needed, which I appreciated very much.
Billie Lynn Fazakerly
Harrison
Great niece
October 1994
More About FRANK CECIL MESHEW:
Cause of Death: Age at
death: 89
Fact 1 (2) 1: Raised a
Methodist in Barlow, Kentucky
Fact 1 (2) 2: A very
attractive man; Full of life; A bit of a character!
Fact 3 (2): Jean Pierre
Meshew mentioned that Aunt Evelyn was Uncle Frank's "rudder" in life.
Uncle Frank & Aunt Evelyn did not have any children.
Fact 4 (2): Jean Pierre
Meshew told me how much he and Uncle Frank treasured the family album &
genealogy that I sent to both of them.
Fact 5 (2): I have been
told that he was a prankster in his earlier years.
Fact 6 (2): I never got
to spend much time with Great Uncle Frank, but I certainly remember one visit
he & Great Aunt Evelyn made to my grandmothers in particular.
Fact 7 (2): Went to
Jean Meshew's Consecration as a Bishop in 1991.
Fact 8 (2): Jean Pierre
said that he believed Uncle Frank had never flown before that trip to Jean's.
Fact 9 (2): Not the
easies person to get information from! But somewhat helpful anyway.
Fact 10 (2): Worked for
Illinois Lumber Co..; Also, Joyce, his niece said, he was a Foreman of a
plastics Co.
Fact 11 (2): Jean's
family had a wonderful time with Uncle Frank on that visit.
Occupation: Quality
Control Inspector Before Retiring
More About EVELYN B. (BLACK?):
Cause of Death:
Alzheimer's Disease; Age at death: 79
Fact 1 (2) 1: I'm
unsure about the spelling of her last name, but it may be Black
Fact 1 (2) 2: Aunt
Evelyn was an attractive lady. I believe she had very dark hair.
Fact 3 (2): Somehow,
she made quite an impression on me years ago.
Fact 4 (2): She was
friendly, would smile or laugh, but said very little.
Fact 5 (2): She seemed
to me to be shy and timid, but she had a quiet strength about her.
Fact 6 (2): She and
Uncle Frank did not have any children.
Fact 7 (2): Aunt Evelyn
died about ten years ago from Alzheimer's disease.
Fact 8 (2): A lovely
woman; a real "Rudder" for Uncle Frank according to Jean Pierre
Meshew.
Occupation: Housewife;
Telephone Operator
More About FRANK MESHEW and EVELYN (BLACK?):
Marriage: Nov 1948,
Probably Illinois
Generation No. 9
14. GLADYS CHRISTINE9 MESHEW (MATTIE MILDRED8 HINKLE, THOMAS GEORGE7, CASPER6, CHARLES ANTHONY5, CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II, ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)29
was born 21 Feb 1896 in Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky, and died 02 Jan 1976 in
Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee. She
married SAMUEL CLAYBORNE FINCH29 24
Dec 1916 in Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky30, son of SAMUEL FINCH and MARGARET TURRENTINE. He was born 02 May 1895 in Mason Hall, near
Kenton, Obion Co., Tennessee, and died 10 Sep 1965 in Memphis, Shelby Co.,
Tennessee.
Notes for GLADYS CHRISTINE MESHEW:
[FINCHM.FTW]
Source: Billie
Fazakerly Harrison, daughter of Martha Louise Finch Fazakerly, daughter of
Gladys Christine Meshew Finch:
I have been blessed in
many ways, but in one outstanding way more than others. I came from a family of
wonderful cooks. Among the best was
Nanny. Eating her food was always a treat
and an experience to look forward to--no matter what she made. Whether it was a piece of left over home made
light bread, sliced and made into toast for breakfast or a feast at
thanksgiving or Christmas, it was usually exceptional. And to grow up in this environment and take
all this for granted! What a surprise it
was for me when I started housekeeping myself--so much work! I'm very thankful that I got to watch Nanny
prepare the food she made and that I have some of her best recipes to go by.
While working on the
Fazakerly family tree, Chris, my brother suggested that I make a section on
"Nanny's recipes". He said
that he would love to taste her homemade light bread one more time before he
died. I tried to make some this last
Christmas and it was o.k., but it didn't taste quite like Nanny's. I believe her secret was adding extra
yeast--more than called for in most recipes.
NANNY'S RECIPES: (along with a few explanations from Billie)
Boiled custard
(This is the clearest
and easiest way to follow this recipe--mama's explanation)
Heat one quart of milk
in a double boiler. When hot add the
well-beaten yolks of three eggs diluted with 1/2 cup cold milk. Beat the whites to a stiff froth, adding a
pinch of salt. When well beaten, add a
cup of sugar and beat until perfectly smooth.
Then slowly add to the heated milk and cook till it thickens. Add a teaspoon of vanilla when cold. By beating the sugar into the egg whites, the
custard is made creamy all through.
Banana pudding
2 c. Milk
2 eggs separated
3 tbs. Flour
1/2 c. Sugar
1 tsp. Vanilla
Pinch salt
Bananas (3)
Cookies (vanilla
wafers)
Mix flour and sugar
and salt in 1/2 cup cold milk.
Heat; then add egg yellows (which
have been beaten in the rest of the milk. This is important). Stir until thick. Add vanilla.
Let the mixture cool
before pouring over the bananas. (or the bananas will have a cooked
taste). Can use a small whip to ensure
smoothness. To make juicy add 1/c cup more milk. For a larger pudding, use 3 cups milk, 3
eggs, 2/3 cup sugar.
Meringue
Oven 350 degrees or
475 to 500 degrees if you only want to brown the top of meringue quickly. Watch
closely.
2 egg whites (large
eggs) or 3 medium sized eggs. Have them at room temperature. (i believe this is
the trick to making good meringue.)
1/4 tsp. Cream of
tatar (optional)
4 tbs. Sugar or 6 tbs.
If use three eggs
1/2 tsp. Vanilla
Beat the egg whites
until stiff; add cream of tartar; slowly add sugar; then vanilla
Coconut cake
Duncan hines white
cake deluxe baked in two layers (9 inch round or square pans)
Fill with divinity
filling or powdered sugar filling.
Put a mixture of
crushed pinapple, coconut, and a tablespoon of mashed bananas between
layers. Put juice of pinapple on top
layer before icing. Ice and apply
coconut.
Pineapple upside down
cake
This works great in a
cast iron skillet
Melt stick oleo in
skillet
Sprinkle 1/4 cup brown
sugar over butter
Top and dot about the
contents of a small can of crushed pinapple on the butter and sugar
mixture--use juice and pinapple. (you can also use pinapple rings with a cherry
in the middle)
1/2 cake mix (duncan
hines) prepared according to instructions on box and pour over above mixture.
Bake in a 375 degree
oven.
Jam cake
1/2 cup of butter or
margarine
1 and 1/2 c. Sugar
3 eggs well beaten
2 c. Flour
1/2 c. Buttermilk
1 tsp. Soda
1 tsp. Cinnamin
1/2 tsp. Cloves
2 cups jam
Cream butter and sugar
thoroughly. Add eggs. Sift together flour, soda, spices and add to
first mixture, alternating with buttermilk.
Add jam last. Pour into 9 inch round pans.
Bake in 350 degree
oven for 35 minutes.
Fried pies (one of
Gramps' all time favorites, bfh)
Package evaporated
peaches, apples, or apricots.
For peaches, cover
with water, stew until very tender. (watch them--they will burn easily)
Mash with potato
masher
Add one cup sugar and
cook until the sugar dissolves. Can add
nutmeg or cinnamin. Allow to cool before you make the pies.
Canned biscuit do not
make good pies.
Make a basic biscuit
dough. Knead your dough on a floured bread board until it isn't sticky. Cut out biscuit and roll biscuit thin to
about size of a saucer. Until you get
the hang of it i wouldn't try more than 8 at one time. Have your shortening hot in a small skillet
or electric fry pan. You can cook four
at a time in it. Have all your biscuit
rolled out and peaches inside--about a tablespoonful. Too much of the peaches run out and spoil the
grease. Press the edges of the dough
together with a fork or your fingers.
Have shortening about 1/2 inch deep in pan. Turn once.
I use a fork and turner to turn mine. I stick my pies with a fork all
around as soon as i drop them in the hot skillet.
Fry at 400
degrees. Don't have peaches too
juicy.
Peanut butter fudge
(another of Gramps' favorites; my son's as well, bfh)
2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons karo
syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup of milk
Large hunk of peanut
butter--about the size of an egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cook all of the above
ingredients (except the peanut butter and vanilla) until it forms a soft ball
in water. (use a clean teaspoon each time you dip into the syrup and drip into
cool water in cup and try to form soft
ball with finger)
Take off stove--add
peanut butter and vanilla--set in cold water--and beat until thick and
grainy. Pour into greased platter
quickly. Cut when cool. (if you add the peanut butter at the
beginning, it may scorch.)
Buttermilk corn bread
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 tsp. Soda (level)
1 tsp. Baking powder
(level)
1 egg
Meal for
consistency--add meal last--at least a cup--mix should be "pourable",
not thick.
Pour into pre-heated
hot skillet with melted. Hot grease in it.
Bake at 375 to 400
degrees for about 30 minutes.
Dressing
Fresh cornbread
Equal amount of light
bread (loaf)
Onion
Two eggs
Celery leaves
Salt, pepper, sage, to
taste
Soften with chicken
broth
Use potato masher for
smooth texture
Put in greased pan and
pour more broth over the contents.
Bake until brown.
(Perhaps 30 to 45 minutes)
Hot water cornbread or
"doughty" boys
2 cups water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
1 and 1/4 cups self
rising corn meal
Bring water, salt, and
sugar to a boil. Turn off heat. Add meal
and stir until thick-- consistency to make patties. (mixture will be hot. Use cool running water to cool hands in
between making patties.)
Fry at moderate
heat. Do not use deep fat for
frying. About 1/4 inches deep in skillet
or griddle.
"Cracklin"
or Crackling bread (this recipe is one of a kind, pure joy to eat, bfh)
Use above recipe (hot
water corn bread) and add about half of a pound package of cracklings. If cracklings are large, I grind them. Make into larger patties than doughty
boys (hot water corn bread), about 3
times as large. Bake at 400 degrees
until brown.
Nanny's home made
light bread (good luck! I've never known anyone to make it taste like hers,
bfh)
Sift about 11 cups of
regular flour into a mixing bowl and make a hole in the flour to put other
ingredients in. Then add:
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons crisco
2 and 1/2 cups warm
water
1 cake fleischman's
yeast dissolved in 1/2 cup water (warm).
{when nanny made this bread she
doubled the amount of yeast to two cakes or two packs of yeast. She saidthis helped to make the bread rise
faster---but i also believe this was the secret to her incredible bread. The extra yeast made it taste better.}
Mix. Turn out on
floured board and knead until it isn't sticky.
This makes two skilletfulls.
(black iron skillets) have pans
greased. Turn dough in pans to grease
the top. Allow to rise double
size--about one to two hours--depending on the amount of yeast. Bake at 375 degrees. Don't use self-rising flour. Powdered yeast is about as good as the cake
and keeps better. You might have better
luck to half the recipe until you get the hang of it.
Relish (salad)
Chop together (fine)
Onion
Bell pepper
Ripe tomato
Cucumber
Add salt, pepper,
sugar, and vinegar to taste. Serve with
peas and other vegetables. (Mimi's recipe called for apple vinegar and celery
or celery seed and a red onion.)
Hash
Chop roast beef
fine. Dice onion and potato. Add celery (salt, seed, or fresh), sage, and
pepper to taste. Simmer. Serve over home made biscuit.
Salad dressing. (This
is mama's recipe not Nanny's, but it is a good dressing. Bfh)
Bottle French dressing
Cottage cheese--one
carton
2 eggs--hard
boiled--chopped
1 large tablespoon of
mayonaise
3 tablespoons catsup
Mix. Wonderful over lettuce leaves.
Nanny was a wonderful
grandmother. She never raised her voice
or lost her temper with me. The look on
her face would speak volumes. You
instantly knew if you were out of line.
She could be very strict but never unkind. She was a very patient and calm person; and a
good teacher, whether she was showing me how to make doll clothes or showing me
how to crochet or helping me with my math and Latin lessons. She once told me
that she thought she was sometimes slow.
She was never slow; just very methodical and consistent, and careful
about any task she had to do. I always enjoyed being with Nanny. I especially remember that she was always
very well dressed. I believe her mother
enjoyed nice clothes and all the early pictures of Nanny and Aunt Merle and
their mother show beautiful and some rather elaborate outfits. Nanny was also fond of costume jewelry, in
particular--long bead necklaces and butterfly pins. She was proud to be from Kentucky and she
enjoyed watching and listening to basketball games. Teaching was her life--it was often a relief
and comfort to her to be able to leave her problems behind and go teach--she
was very dedicated--maybe at times too dedicated but she taught for 35 years
and dearly loved her profession. She
told me that when she and Gramps started out, she would read their lessons out
loud to him in order for them to prepared for their classes each day--it must
have been a good way from home to school. [My guess is that she already had her
lessons ready and was helping him with his. bfh]
She never traveled
from home much, but she came to visit me twice with Bobby in Galveston, Texas
after my children were born. After this
she went with Mimi and Mama to Kentucky for a visit, and on the way home,
slipped and fell in a restroom-- but wasn't hurt badly--just bruised. However,
the episode scared Mimi and Mama so much that they each had to take
tranquilizers. After this Mimi didn't
want nanny to travel again. (It was too hard on Mimi's nerves!)
Nanny was well
respected and loved by her students and her family. She always worked hard and took good care of
all of her family, and she truly loved all her grandchildren. Holidays at Nanny's were very special
occasions for all of us. Nanny had a
hard life, but never complained. She was a sweet and kind woman, but no
pushover. She was a saint--and at times a very tough saint--but one with a good
sense of humor! She was an honorable woman and I loved her dearly and miss her.
Jean Pierre Meshew,
her nephew, wrote in a recent letter that "Aunt Gladys was one of those
saints St. Paul described as 'unknown, yet well known'--unknown to men, but
glorious in the sight of god."
"...she was a solid rock in the midst of adversity. I am proud to know that I am kin to such a
great lady."
Billie Lynn Fazakerly
Harrison
Granddaughter
Oct. 2005
Letter from July 7,
2005
Howard Meshew, a cousin of the family
(descendant Francis M. Meshew), had the following to say when I asked him if he
had any ideas about where my grandmother may have gone to school. I heard also
that someone had founded a college though I don't think this is where my
grandmother went. (I wasn't sure which family founded the college--I get the
Meshews & Hinkles mixed up sometimes.)
Howard's
response:
"The college was
founded by the father of the wife of James Newton Meshew, Martha E. White.
Joshua was given her maiden name as his middle name. I believe that Martha
raised my grandfather's sister, Ella, when her parents died. She became a
school teach in Mayfield. Martha was said to be very high on education. I
believe that Fay Meshew Combs told me this. Fay was a g-daughter of James
Newton Meshew. Fay was an RN who met her husband in Georgia where Joe Combs was
a psychiatrist."
"I checked a few
colleges in or around the Purchase Area (Westery KY) looking for ones that
existed when Gladys would have attended. Some people in the Purchase Area went
to Murry State University (71 miles by car) and also to WKU, western Kentucky
University. We sometimes refer to the students there as "Hilltoppers"
because its on a hill. This is in Bowlingreen, KY. Both were in existance
during Gladys time."
Howard
More About GLADYS CHRISTINE MESHEW:
Burial: Memphis,
Shelby Co., Tennessee
Cause of Death: Heart
Valve Ruptured; Age at death: 79 (same day her father died)31
Fact 1 (2) 1: Talked
about her father, Dr. Joshua White Meshew, meeting her at the train station.
She was very close to her father.
Fact 1 (2) 2: Born in
her mother's home, Barlow, Kentucky. Dark hair & eyes; gorgeous woman.
Fact 3 (2): Received a
baby grand piano upon graduation from college.
(2003, I'm not sure just where she went to college, but Jean Pierre
Meshew, her nephew, thought it might have been Cumberland University, Lebanon
Tennessee. That is where his father went. bfh)
Fact 4 (2): She was
about two months shy of being 80 years old when she died. She was well loved
& will be missed.
Fact 5 (2): Taught
Latin, English, and French. She was a great help to me when I took Latin.
Fact 6 (2): Came from
a family of staunch Methodists. She was
Methodist.
Fact 7 (2): She later
joined the 1st Evangelical Church. Dr. Soltau was the pastor, an Englishman
Fact 8 (2): She was a
wonderful cook. See recipes in the notes section. Taught at Frayser High School
in Memphis..
Fact 9 (2): She would
comment at times that "breeding shows". Usually referring to Mimi
Bryan, her daughter.
Fact 10 (2): Took care
of Jimmy, Merle Finch Bryan's son, for a few years; raised & adopted Bobby,
Martha Finch Fazakerley's son ; and she helped to raise me (bfh).
Fact 11 (2): Very
sensitive person but she hid this well. Tough but respected and fair
disciplinarian.
Fact 12 (2): Made many
outfits for me; made & bought most of my wedding & honeymoon clothes
(bfh)
Medical Information:
Died in the Baptist Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee; History of Arthritis;
Broken Hip; Buried at the Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Memphis, TN31
Occupation: Latin and
English Teacher for 35 years
Notes for SAMUEL CLAYBORNE FINCH:
1930 Census;
Tennessee, County: Benton, township: Big Sandy, Civil District: 8 or 9;
T626__2233, page 1B, Ed. 9, Image 1003
Samuel C. Finch
(Listed as Clayborne S. (went by the name of Clayborne), Head of Household,
Property: renting, 10, No; male, white, 34, married at age 27, Education: yes,
school & can read & write, b. Tennessee, father b. Tennessee, mother,
b. Tennessee, Citizen; Occ., Teacher, High School, Wages, Working (yes),
Veteran (no)
Gladys M. Finch,
Wife-H (wife of head of household), female, white, 34, married, married at age
20, yes, yes, Kentucky, Kentucky, Kentucky, yes, Teacher, High School, Wages,
Working (yes)
Augusta M., daughter,
female, white, age 10, single, yes, yes, Kentucky, Tennessee, Kentucky, Yes,
Occ. none
Martha L., daughter,
female, white, age 6, single, yes ---, Kentucky, Tennessee, Kentucky, ---,
Occ., none
Mattie M. Meshew,
Mother in Law, female, white, age 62, Widow, married at age 21, no, yes,
Kentucky, Kentucky, Tennessee, yes, Occ., none
1920 Census, Jan. 05;
Civil Dist. 8, Enumeration Dist., 118, Obion Co., Town of Kenton, TN
53/56; College
St.
Sam C. Finch, Head of
Household, 24, Teacher, public school, b. TN, parents b. TN
Gladys, Wife, 23, b.
Kentucky, parents b. Kentucky
Augusta M., daughter,
age 3/12, b. TN
[FINCHM.FTW]
I remember that Gramps
had something special done to his shoes, (at least the shoes he wore around the
house) in the area of the toes. They
were split or raised in some way. He had
lost some toes years ago and I had thought it was from a hoeing accident; but,
Aunt Laverne believes it happened when a horse stepped on his foot.
I can remember that
when young, I was always eager to visit and hoped to get to stay overnight at
Nanny and Gramps' house. I can remember
taking long walks with gramps (to the store or school) and he taught me how to
swing my arms while walking. He was a
very sensitive person. Mama said he was
very tenderhearted. He liked to write poetry and I have a few of his poems he
had published in the newspapers.
I never knew anyone
who could eat as much as he did and not gain weight! He loved fresh peaches; "
pot-likker" from cooked greens; fried oysters; apricot fried pies; and
peanut butter fudge. The only thing i knew that he didn't like was green peas. When Gramps was ill and in a sanatorium for
his lung condition, (emphysema) I used to watch and help nanny prepare his
favorites and carry them to him on visits.
Josh, my son, and I to this day would rather have peanut butter fudge
than any other kind of fudge.
In one picture sent to
me from Aunt Laverne, gramps is wearing a uniform. It looks almost like an army
uniform. I know gramps was involved in
some way with the civilian conservation corps at one time. Aunt Laverne believes this is his CCC
(civilian conservation corps) uniform.
The picture was taken in the early 1940's and Jimmy is wearing Gramps
hat and saluting to the camera. Aunt
Laverne believes he was a director of the CCC camp in Lexington. (Tennessee or
Kentucky ?) She thought the program
involved taking care of poor young men, giving them a place to stay and food to
eat and well as allow them to make things like leather wallets to sell. The program also involved things like
planting trees, and other areas of" planned management of natural resources".
Gramps loved Christmas
and hated to see it end. It would leave him depressed. I especially remember
every Christmas Eve putting gum drops on the little plastic trees gramps and
nanny bought for each of the seven grandchildren. I still have one very fragile
tree in my china cabinet. My children
put gumdrops on the tree now.
Nanny told me that the
night he died he had asked her to hold his hand and then he passed away in his
sleep. He was suffering from his
emphysema and I thought his easy passing was a blessing. Aunt Laverne said it was a relief that he
died that way because he dreaded going through it. If I remember correctly, it seems that Jimmy
came over that morning and helped Nanny in some way (by shaving Gramps' beard
or changing his clothes maybe) before he went to the funeral home. He was buried at the Memorial Gardens
cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. Nanny, Mama, Mimi, & Uncle Harry are buried
there also.
Billie Lynn Fazakerly
Harrison
Granddaughter
1996
More About SAMUEL CLAYBORNE FINCH:
Burial: Memphis,
Shelby Co., Tennessee
Cause of Death: Died
in his sleep; Age at death: 7031
Fact 1 (2) 1: Good
gardener; good with his hands & kept things repaired & nice looking.
Fact 1 (2) 2: Attended
& graduated from the Mason Hall High School.
Fact 3 (2): Grew up
near Kenton, TN. Tall, slender, blue eyes, red hair. Attractive.
Fact 4 (2): Went to
the Union Grove Methodist Church.
Fact 5 (2): Went to
the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Enjoyed & wrote poetry.
Fact 6 (2): Taught
science & math. He & Nanny would prepare lessons while he drove to
school.
Fact 7 (2): He also
coached basketball. I have his 1923 Hornbeak High School Year Book.
Fact 8 (2): Had three
girls: Juanita, Augusta Merle & Martha Louise.The first child, Juanita died
at childbirth.
Fact 9 (2): Adopted
Bobby (Robert Mulkey) when he was abt. 15 or 16 years old. Renamed Robert
Meshew Finch.
Fact 10 (2): Moved
into their home on 1405 Agnes Place in Memphis, TN, August 23, 1943.
Fact 11 (2): Told me
once not to rake & burn leaves in a yard. Said to let them stay & be
used as mulch instead.
Fact 12 (2): Had a
heart attack; suffered from emphysema; heavy smoker; could get very anxious.
Medical Information:
History of Emphysema; Heart attack years ago; Buried at the Memorial Gardens
Cemetery, Memphis,Tennessee31
Occupation: Principal
of Kenton High School; Science & Math Teacher for 35 years
Marriage Notes for GLADYS MESHEW and SAMUEL FINCH:
[Finchm.ftw]
Here are a few
comments made by Aunt Laverne about Nanny and Gramps' wedding, Christmas Eve,
1916.
"I guess
Clayborne and Gladys got married in Barlow and came home later. Seems there was a party for them but I was in
bed. But my!! My!! A white dress in
Winter Time! I was overwhelmed---oh, it
was a beauty. I guess I was
speechless. That dress was wool, fitted
waist, plain round neck and skirt only a little full."
Laverne Finch Herriman
Sister in law
I believe the picture
of nanny that was on the wall in the living room (where she put her Christmas
tree each year) was a picture of her in that same dress. If so she had to have been a lovely sight to
see that day.
Billie Fazakerly
Harrison
Granddaughter
More About SAMUEL FINCH and GLADYS MESHEW:
Marriage date: 24 Dec
1916, Party for the married couple at Gramps home, Mason Hall, Tennessee, that
evening.31
Marriage: 24 Dec 1916,
Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky32
Marriage Fact: 24 Dec
1916, Married on Christmas Eve in Barlow, Kentucky33
Children of GLADYS MESHEW and SAMUEL FINCH are:
18. i. MARTHA LOUISE10 FINCH, b. 18 Jun
1923, Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky; d. 27 Aug 1984, Jackson, Madison Co.,
Tennessee.
19. ii. AUGUSTA MERLE FINCH, b. 12 Oct 1919, Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky; d. 05
Nov 1976, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
iii. JUANITA FINCH34, b.
Abt. 1918, Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky; d. Abt. 1918, Barlow, Ballard Co.,
Kentucky.
More About JUANITA FINCH:
Fact 1 (2) 1: Died
after birth. Buried at the Barlow Cemetery.35
Fact 1 (2) 2: Delivered
by Dr. Joshua White Meshew.35
Fact 3 (2): Named after
one of Gramps' friends.35
Occupation: 35
20. iv. ROBERT MESHEW FINCH, b. 29 Dec 1940, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee;
Adopted child.
15. JOSHUA WILFORD9 MESHEW (MATTIE MILDRED8 HINKLE, THOMAS GEORGE7, CASPER6, CHARLES ANTHONY5, CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II, ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)35
was born 04 Sep 1898 in Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky, and died 28 May 1972 in
Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee. He
married (1) LESSIE GRACE35 24
Dec 1916. He married (2) MARY FRANCES BONNER35 1924 in Probably Illinois. She was born 1908 in Illinois, and died 1992
in Fort Worth, Tareant Co., Texas. He
married (3) LILLIE REDMAN CRANEY35
Abt. 1934. She was born 18 Oct 1897, and
died Dec 1978 in Probably Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
More About JOSHUA WILFORD MESHEW:
Fact 1 (2) 1: No
children by his first wife, Lessie Grace.
Fact 1 (2) 2: Billie
Deane Meshew Barnhill was his only child, by his second wife, Mary.
Fact 3 (2): I believe
he started out working for the Goodyear Rubber Co and resided in Akron, Ohio
for a while before he became a pharmacist.
Fact 4 (2): His third
wife, Lilly, had three children from a previous marriage.
Fact 5 (2): A very
handsome, distinguished looking man. Quiet & dignified.
Fact 6 (2): His light
colored eyes really shined when he smiled. He was always well mannered.
Fact 7 (2): My
grandmother, Gladys, had a great deal of respect for Uncle Josh.
Fact 9 (2): I named my
son, Josh, after Uncle Josh (my great uncle, really) & Dr. Joshua White
Meshew.
Occupation: Pharmacist
More About JOSHUA MESHEW and LESSIE GRACE:
Marriage: 24 Dec 1916
Marriage Fact:
Possibly married December 24, 191635
More About JOSHUA MESHEW and MARY BONNER:
Marriage: 1924,
Probably Illinois
More About LILLIE REDMAN CRANEY:
Fact 1 (2) 1: Pleasant
& attractive person. Really liked to
talk.
Fact 1 (2) 2: Had 3
children from a previous marriage.
Occupation: Housewife
More About JOSHUA MESHEW and LILLIE CRANEY:
Marriage: Abt. 1934
Child of JOSHUA MESHEW and MARY BONNER is:
21. i. BILLIE DEANE (MARY MERLE)10 MESHEW, b. 15 Jan
1925, Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky; d. 04 Jan 1995, Fort Worth, Tareant Co.,
Texas.
16. ELIZABETH MERLE9 MESHEW (MATTIE MILDRED8 HINKLE, THOMAS GEORGE7, CASPER6, CHARLES ANTHONY5, CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II, ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)35
was born 28 Sep 1900 in Ballard Co., Kentucky, and died 10 Aug 1995 in
Bakersfield, Kern Co., California. She
married DAVID DEWEY GIRARD35 27
Nov 1919 in Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky, son of THOMAS GIRARD and BLANCHE HENDERSON. He was born 02 Apr 1898 in Blackford,
Kentucky, and died 08 Mar 1981 in Bakersfield, Kern Co., California.
More About ELIZABETH MERLE MESHEW:
Date born 2: 28 Sep
1900, Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky35
Fact 1 (2) 1: May have
inherited her artistic talents from Christina Clampett Hinkle, an artist.
Fact 1 (2) 2: 94 Years
old; Very attractive lady; Dignified
Fact 3 (2): Her oil
paintings she gave as gifts to family members were quite good. I have "an
old mill in the woods" painted by her in 1917.
Fact 4 (2): Aunt Merle
was 19 when she married Uncle Dewey, who was 21.
Fact 5 (2): They spent
their honeymoon in St. Louis, Missouri.
Fact 6 (2): Aunt Merle
was Methodist & Uncle Dewey, Church of Christ
Fact 7 (2): I always
enjoyed seeing Aunt Merle & Uncle Dewey when they visited my grandmother,
Gladys, in Memphis.
Occupation: Housewife;
Taught Adult Education Classes; Artist
More About DAVID DEWEY GIRARD:
Fact 1 (2) 1: Son of
Thomas Warren Girard & Blanch Henderson Girard
Fact 1 (2) 2: One
source said he was a sawmill operator & lumber dealer in Lovelaceville, KY.
Fact 3 (2): The
Girards lived in a house behind the Meshew home.
Fact 4 (2): Dewey
& Elizabeth grew up in Barlow, KY & went to school together.
Fact 5 (2): Uncle
Dewey had 2 sisters, Mabel & Marie.
Fact 6 (2): When he
joined the Navy, he was stationed in San Diego, CA.
Fact 7 (2): After the
Navy, he went to work in the oil fields & they settled out there.
Fact 8 (2): Had three
children: Dewey, Jr., Cecil, & Joyce.
Fact 9 (2): I remember
Uncle Dewey as having dark eyes and he was very friendly.
Occupation: Oil Fields
More About DAVID GIRARD and ELIZABETH MESHEW:
Marriage: 27 Nov 1919,
Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky
Children of ELIZABETH MESHEW and DAVID GIRARD are:
22. i. DAVID DEWEY10 GIRARD, JR., b. 07 Sep
1920, Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky.
23. ii. CECIL MESHEW GIRARD, b. 17 Apr 1923, Barlow, Ballard, Co., Kentucky.
iii. MARTHA JOYCE GIRARD35, b.
10 Aug 1926, Taft, Kern Co., California.
More About MARTHA JOYCE GIRARD:
Fact 1 (2) 1: Joyce is
very active with her church work; Secretery/Treasurer for her church.
Fact 1 (2) 2: A Nurse
fro 44 Years. Said she always liked children.
Fact 3 (2): Graduated
from nursing school in 1948, San Jose, CA.
Fact 4 (2): Joyce was
born in CA; Her brothers were born in Barlow, KY.
Fact 5 (2): Retired
from Nursing, January 1993.
Fact 6 (2): (She still
has a full time job caring for her mother & doesn't feel retired)
Fact 7 (2): She has
worked in San Jose, CA; Memphis, TN; Santa Barbara CA; Cheboyyan, Michigan;
Fact 8 (2): And of
course she's worked in Bakersfield, CA.
Fact 9 (2): The last
job she had, she admitted newborns.
Fact 10 (2): She also
cared for premature & sick infants.
Fact 11 (2): Joyce has
been an invaluable source of help with the Meshew family history.
Fact 12 (2): She has
arthritis & was glad to work with the babies instead of on adult floors in
her nursing.
Occupation: Registered
Nurse
17. GEORGE JENNINGS9 MESHEW (MATTIE MILDRED8 HINKLE, THOMAS GEORGE7, CASPER6, CHARLES ANTHONY5, CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II, ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)35
was born 07 Jan 1907 in Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky, and died 06 Feb 1963 in
Pompano Beach, Broward Co., Florida. He
married KATHLEEN CARTER35 24
Dec 1926 in Probably Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky, daughter of JOSEPH CARTER and MATTIE RANSDELL. She was born 13 May 1906 in Jackson, Madison
Co., Tennessee, and died 04 Aug 1992 in Bedford, Tarrant, Texas.
More About GEORGE JENNINGS MESHEW:
Fact 1 (2) 1: Told his
future bride that he was going to marry her when she was six years old.
Fact 1 (2) 2: Raised a
Methodist in Barlow, Kentucky.
Fact 3 (2): Went to
Cumberland University in Lebanon, KY (Note: 2/10/2003, believe this should be
TN, not very far from Nashville bfh.)
Fact 4 (2): Had to
leave college when his father, Dr. Joshua Meshew, died in 1926
Fact 5 (2): Worked for
the lumber company for years; (Cairo, Illinois which was just across the river
from where they lived in KY?) Later saved enough money to go to Medical School.
Fact 6 (2): What an
impressive task to take on in your middle thirties!
Fact 7 (2): Went to
medical school at the University of Tennessee
Fact 9 (2): Great
Uncle George interned at the John Gaston Hospital in Memphis, TN.
Fact 10 (2): Through
years of struggle, being frugal, & raising a teenager he obtained his goal.
Fact 11 (2): Sadly Dr.
George Meshew died from a heart attack at about the age of 56
Occupation: Vice
President, Illinois Lumber Company, Cairo, ILL.; Doctor
Notes for KATHLEEN CARTER:
Born 1905 or 1906.
More About KATHLEEN CARTER:
Fact 1 (2) 1: Moved to
Barlow, KY at age six. Methodist.
Fact 1 (2) 2: Daughter
of Joseph Seth Carter & Mattie Edith Runsdell
Fact 3 (2): Her family
lived near the Meshews in Barlow KY.
Fact 4 (2): Great Aunt
Kathleen went to the University of Lexington in KY.
Fact 5 (2): Taught one
year, sixth grade, in Barlow KY befor marrying Uncle George.
Fact 6 (2): She was
very frugal through the years & helped her husband obtain his dream.
Fact 7 (2): She
suffered from Alzheimer's disease for about ten years.
Fact 8 (2): Great Aunt
Kathleen was 86 when she died; she was creamated & buried at Barlow
Cemetery.
Fact 9 (2): Jean, her
son, wrote a beautiful eulogy for Kathleen Carter Meshew.
Fact 10 (2): This
Eulogy lets the world know what a wonderful mother& grandmother she was. (I
know she was well respected by the family.)
Fact 11 (2): See the
enclosed copy of the eulogy.
Occupation: School
Teacher; Housewife
More About GEORGE MESHEW and KATHLEEN CARTER:
Marriage: 24 Dec 1926,
Probably Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky
Child of GEORGE MESHEW and KATHLEEN CARTER is:
24. i. JEAN PIERRE10 MESHEW, b. 05 Nov
1927, Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky; d. 12 Jan 1996, Bedford, Tarrant, Texas.
Generation No. 10
18. MARTHA LOUISE10 FINCH (GLADYS CHRISTINE9 MESHEW, MATTIE MILDRED8 HINKLE, THOMAS GEORGE7, CASPER6, CHARLES ANTHONY5, CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II,
ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)36
was born 18 Jun 1923 in Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky, and died 27 Aug 1984 in
Jackson, Madison Co., Tennessee. She
married (1) ROBERT LUCIUS MULKEY37 Aug
1937 in Probably Dresden, Tennessee.
She married (2) WILLIAM THOMASON FAZAKERLY38 09
May 1943 in Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee39, son of GEORGE FAZAKERLY and MINNIE THOMASON. He was born 05 Sep 1918 in Ellendale, Shelby
Co., Tennessee40,41, and died 21 Jun 1968 in Memphis, Shelby
Co., Tennessee42,43.
Notes for MARTHA LOUISE FINCH:
Martha Louise Finch
Mulkey Fazakerly Matthews: 1923-1984
1st marriage: Robert
Mulkey
2nd marriage: William
Thomason Fazakerly
I remember that Mama
said that the only children she liked were her own. I always questioned this--since children
always seemed to trust and love her.
Bobby's and Jimmy's children (great nieces and nephews) always enjoyed
visiting Mama and my children were crazy about her--she let them do just about
anything they wanted--unlike when Tommy, Chris, and I grew up.
Mama could be quite
paradoxical at times. She was often
wrapped up in her own problems and always worked so hard that it didn't seem as
though she got to spend much time with us.
This is not a complaint. I'm a
parent now and I know how life can be so overwhelming at times.
Mama could be full of
surprises and she made certain times very special. If we were ill--not with minor illnesses but
really sick--she and Daddy would give us little gifts to cheer us up. Once when I had the mumps on both sides at
once, followed by an ear infection, I was given a cute little red bag with
nursery rhymes written all over the outside and inside was a jump rope. Another time--and it may have been the time I
was so ill with red measles--I was given a parakeet.
How Mama loved
Christmas. She and Daddy never had much
money, so she put a lot of effort into decorating, cooking, sewing, and having
fun. I still remember my first Teddy
Bear they gave me. Birthdays were also
very special in that while we were young, we each got a gift to open. I carried this tradition on with my children
when they were young. Mama was clever
with her sewing, too, when she could find the time. One special gift that she made when I was
young and that I loved dearly was a black velvet cape with an attached hood
lined in white satin. It was very
elegant. I also remember a very cute
summer ensemble she made out of blue and white seersucker: shorts, halter,
blouse, and skirt. Later on when she
became ill and she had more time, Nanny, her mother, taught her how to crochet;
and, naturally she did beautiful work.
She crocheted like an expert that had done this all her life. She would make adorable crocheted lambs,
lions, etc. for the grandchildren and young nieces and nephews. She was also
generous. Sometimes to a fault. She gave things away because she either no
longer needed an item; but, more often than not gave something away simply
because someone else wanted what she had.
Material things were never important to her.
Mama was also
extremely intelligent and nothing seemed too hard for her. She quit school to get married, the first of
several times. She was about 15 years
old; but later obtained her G.E.D. (Graduate Equivalent Diploma) and went to
school for several months to become a histology tech--preparing tissue
slides. Later she studied to become a
licensed practical nurse. She had good
grades but quit when she realized she had trouble being around sick people. This didn't surprise me since she was so
fastidious. Mama liked to read and loved
history. Her favorite book was "The
Last of the Mohicans" by James Fennimore Cooper. She also loved biblical history and often
studied her Bible.
Mama and Daddy both
loved dogs, and it seems we always had one around. Mama especially liked German shepherds. We got our collie, Lassie, from a fishing
trip. She had been abandoned and had an
injured hip. It was hard for Mama and
Daddy to resist any dog, especially one that needed help. We were thrilled to take her home that
day. Lassie insisted that Mama stay as
close to her as possible when she had her first litter of puppies.
Another thing I
remember about Mama and Daddy was that they were always so well groomed--so
neat about themselves and their surroundings.
Where we lived and what we had was never fancy but everything was always
clean and attractive. They were both
very industrious--never idle. As busy as
they were they still found time to take us to the park to cook out or hunt for
Easter eggs, or took us on fishing trips and picnics. They also took us to the fairgrounds or to
Maywood to swim. Ours wasn't a perfect
home and at times there were heartaches; but, for me there were also many
pleasant memories.
Life was hard for Mama
and Daddy; but, they also brought hardships on themselves at times. I felt Mama
was little too fearless and outspoken for own good and that often created
problems. She could certainly evoke strong
emotions in others. She could never be
considered an humble or shy person. She
could be easy to love, and then often aggravating, but never ignored. I admired her tremendous strength, will
power, and strong personality. (Too bad it couldn't quite surpass Zack's.) She
was truly a devoted Christian. She would have been great in the crusades--a
real warrior. Mama was often a
chameleon, reflecting the circumstances surrounding and influencing her at any
given time. This often made her seem to
have many personalities when in fact it showed her awesome ability to adapt to
any given situation. She was a survivor.
Unfortunately, her aunt told her that her parents did not really want her when
she came along since they already had Merle "Mermie" their (adorable)
four year old daughter. Mama spent the rest of her life trying to win their
love and compete with Mermie for attention--she also became a wild little rebel
and remained so.
Growing up, and all
through her adult life, Mama had her own personal guardian angel--her aunt,
LaVerne Finch Herriman. Aunt LaVern, now
85, was the one that Mama always went to when she needed help and comfort. At times Mama could try the patience of "Job";
but, Aunt LaVerne was forever patient and kind and helpful. Aunt LaVerne helped look after Mama until she
died in 1984 from emphysema. Mama died at the Jackson County Hospital in
Jackson, Tennessee, August 1984. She was
61 years old. She was buried at the
Memorial Gardens Cemetery near her mother and father in Memphis, Tennessee.
Billie Lynn Fazakerly
Harrison
Daughter
January 1996
More About MARTHA LOUISE FINCH:
Burial: Memphis,
Shelby Co., Tennessee
Cause of Death:
Emphysema; Collapsed Lung; Age at Death-6143
Fact 1 (2) 1: Gave a
turnip to a teacher instead of an apple because she liked them better.
Fact 1 (2) 2: 2nd
place-National Essay Contest on Democracy-1st place statewide. Dresden H.S.
Fact 3 (2): Went to
Dresden High School but didn't finish; 1st married at 15; One son, Bobby born
when she was 17.
Fact 4 (2): Extremely
intelligent. Later got her High School GED-Loved history & studied
extensively.
Fact 5 (2): Liked
rodeos. Always fond of dogs, fascinated by "slithery" things.
Fact 6 (2): Married
and Divorced W.T.F. more than once. Theirs was a turbulent relationship.
Fact 7 (2):
Exceptionally neat person-beautiful. Loved train rides; encouraged me to ride.
Fact 8 (2): Went to
school to become an LPN but quit.. Found she couldn't deal with illness.
Fact 9 (2): Very
dogmatic in her religious beliefs.
Fact 10 (2): Never
seemed to have as much time for her kids but adored and spoiled the grandkids
Fact 11 (2): Excellent
cook. Tried many new recipes, many form the restaurants she worked in.
Fact 12 (2): Daddy
gave her the nickname of Marty. She was
a daredevil and fearless. Lucky!
Medical Information:
Emphysema; severe allergies; allergic rhinitis. Died at the Jackson County
Hospital, Jackson, Tn., August 27, 1984; Buried at the Memorial Gardens
Cemetery near her parents, Memphis, TN43
Occupation:
Housewife; Histologist; Waitress
Marriage Notes for MARTHA FINCH and ROBERT MULKEY:
Both married at a very
young age.
More About ROBERT MULKEY and MARTHA FINCH:
Divorce: Bef. 1943,
Date of divorce unknown
Marriage date: Martha
Louise Finch married at age 15; Had her first child born when she was 17. Robert ("Bobby") Mulkey born 1940.
Fact 2: 1943, Divorced
and remarried W.T. Fazakerly, May, 1943.
Fact 3: Abt. 1957,
Martha Louise Finch Mulkey Fazakerly's son, Bobby, adopted by his Finch grandparents,
1957, name changed to Robert Meshew Finch
Marriage: Aug 1937,
Probably Dresden, Tennessee
Notes for WILLIAM THOMASON FAZAKERLY:
William Thomason
Fazakerly, Sr.: 11918-1968
Tall dark and
handsome. Greenish-blue eyes and brown
wavy hair. Six feet tall and 200
pounds. Daddy was basically a shy, timid
person even though he had been a "cop". He was slow to anger (but
just awful when he became angry). He had
a good personality and was popular and well liked. Daddy was very
intelligent--never had to struggle with the books--a quick learner.
Daddy had many hobbies
and talents. He was quite gifted as a
carpenter, electrician, etc. He built
the back room onto our house on Jefferson in Memphis and I still remember the
beautiful thick door that was split (called a dutch door) so that when you
opened the top part, you could let the sunlight and air in. He later converted the house into a
duplex. He made a large "doll"
bed for me that I used for my dolls, and later for my own children, visiting
nieces and nephews, and hope to use it for my grandchildren.
Daddy loved ice
cream. As a treat we would drive across
town to this special place across from the fairgrounds. It had two huge stone polar bears out front.
This ice cream parlor served wonderful soft custard. Daddy also liked to fish and swim; and we
went often to places like the park to cook out, or a lake to spend the day and
fish, and went to other places like Maywood to picnic and swim. Maywood was a unique
place to swim. It was a large and
beautiful area but unlike a pool. It had a sandy bottom but blue clear water. I
loved going there.
I remember staying
home sick from school on day and watched Daddy work hours on making chop suey
for supper. He was an outstanding
cook. He and Mama both were; and, often
worked together putting together masterpieces.
I liked everything they made.
There was only one exception--I just never could acquire a taste for wild
game. (I don't think they liked it either, much.) They were good about not forcing
us to eat something we didn't like as long as we at least gave it a try. My brothers, Tommy and Chris, may tell a
different story. They were often caught hiding food behind the refrigerator or
dropping it under the table. I can still remember Tommy sitting at the table
with his mouth packed full and refusing to swallow. My parents were not pleased with these
antics.
Daddy didn't go with
us to Nanny's or Mimi's to eat during special occasions because he claimed that
he choked easily. (True) At the time I figured he just didn't want to go and
that may be; but, I wonder now if he didn't have trouble with esophageal
spasms. He had complained before about
having trouble swallowing sometimes.
(Mama thought that he may have had a mild stroke in the early years that
they were married because he changed the way he held a pencil and pen to
write--he held it and wrote in a very odd way.
Maybe this affected his swallowing as well. He certainly wouldn't let on about it
though.)
I've never known
anyone so terrified of going to the doctor or dentist. I've seen him sweat out
an abscessed tooth and suffer terribly before getting help. From one accident where he fell and his
glasses broke and slivers of glass became embedded in his face, he refused to
let Uncle Harry (a doctor) see him. He
was picking glass out that had festered for months. I think Zack finally got him to a doctor
eventually. I won't try to describe what it took for me, Zack, and Aunt Frances
to get him to the hospital when he had his heart attack. Daddy was a very brave
man but suffered terribly due to his phobia of doctors. Perhaps some of this developed when his
brother, George, went through so much awful suffering with his mastoiditis and
surgery when he was young. Daddy just
wouldn't take care of himself and he died young, at 49. He was buried at Forest
Hill cemetery in Memphis. One note of irony:
when Daddy's
grandmother died he inherited $2,000.
Within just a few days of Daddy's death, a disability check finally came
in that he had been waiting for. It was
$2,000. He never got to spend it. Zack
used this to help pay his funeral costs.
I believe that these were the only two times in his life that he ever
had such a "significant" amount of money.
Daddy loved westerns,
Dragnet, and his all time favorite program was the Jackie Gleason show. I can still hear him laughing hard. He thought the star on the western series,
the Lawman, looked like his father.
Daddy was about seventeen when his father died.
Daddy didn't go to
church with us, but I remember that he liked Mr. Bigelow to visit from the
First Evangelical Church where we went.
He would tell Daddy stories about his father, a missionary, and how his
father had been killed by an elephant, etc.
Daddy was married
before and he has another daughter, Joyce.
She and her husband live in Ocala, Florida. Until last year, I had met her only once--at
Daddy's funeral--but Zack spoke of her a few times through the years. Daddy was
close to his mother, my grandmother, Zack, and she helped Daddy often. She was generous and good to us; and, his
sister, Aunt Frances, has been a very important person in my life and has also
been very generous, helpful, and kind.
He worked for the
Memphis Police Department three years before he went into the Army as a
military policeman during WW II. After
the war he returned to the Memphis Police Dept.
Daddy had been a policeman for nineteen years before he quit after an
unfortunate incident (didn't have to quit); and did odd jobs thereafter. He only mentioned a few stories about his
earlier experiences. One story concerned
a thief that he had to chase through a neighborhood. He had to chase this guy through basements,
over fences, through yards, etc. before catching the guy. Another story concerned learning the hard way
not to suddenly wake sleeping people on park benches. They could (and a few did) wake up fighting
wildly before they came to their senses.
I only made a few trips to where he worked. He said he didn't want me exposed to the type
people arrested there that we might have to see.
He and my mother,
Martha, had a very turbulent relationship.
They were miserable with and without each other and it took me years to
accept their last divorce. The lady Daddy
knew (Bernice Baker) just before he died was a very kind and gentle person and
good for Daddy. Even Mama said she tried
to hate her but just couldn't; she was such a good person.
Our upbringing was
often stormy and Daddy was far from perfect; but, he loved us and I loved
him. I'm thankful to say I have some
very fond and pleasant memories.
Aunt Frances added
this note about Daddy: "When Willie was about 15, he was playing softball
with neighborhood friends. When it was
his time to "catch", he was accidentally hit in the forehead and nose
with the bat. Perhaps this had a lot to
do with his sinus (problems) and headaches.
Also when he dove into shallow water and hurt his neck, Zack stayed up
all night massaging his neck and back.
She was afraid he would be paralyzed.
Apparently, all went OK as he was better the next day." (Daddy had
awful headaches through the years--perhaps there had been some mild nerve
damage in his neck that caused these.)
August 7, 1995
On our trip to
Memphis, Uncle Floyd took us by the library to try to do some research. While there we met a family doing research
also and the lady, Mrs. Lillian M. Coffey, (formally Jones) happened to know
Daddy. She used to work at the
courthouse. She even remembered meeting
us when we were young. She said many
kind things about Daddy; and, said that he was a wonderful person and had done
many good works--working with such places as the Ava Maria Home, etc. (Aunt
Frances said that Zack had worked there for a while.) She said that she thought
he was Italian, with his looks and his name. Mrs. Coffee had had a stroke and
even though her speech was clear, she couldn't write well and she had her
husband write their address down for me. Before we left she had to give me a
big hug and said more nice things about Daddy.
What a pleasant person! After all
these years, what are the chances of running into someone that knew him from so
many years ago the first night we were in Memphis? Aunt Frances also said that the current chief
of police goes to her church and she said that he told her that he and Daddy
had gone to through the police academy together. He also had nice things to say about
Daddy.
Billie Lynn Fazakerly
Harrison
Daughter
January 1996
May, 2006
Updates:
WWII Army Enlistment
Records, 1938-1946
William T. Fazakerly
Born: 1918, Shelby
County, Tennessee
Enlistment Date, July
31, 1943; Enlistment: Georgia; City: Fort Oglethorpe; Grade: Private;
Education: 4 years
high school
Married
(During the war daddy
served as a Military Policeman (MP) in Winipeg, Canada. He told stories about
how terribly cold it was up there. He said he had to put felt in his shoes to
keep them dry and warm. He also told a story about a bear coming in one end of
the barracks and everyone running out the door at the other end. Aunt Frances
told me that he told her about being on guard duty and and at the end of the
shift he was so frozen and stiff they had to help him out of the small hut he
was in. He also mentioned fishing and catching large Pike up there.)
More About WILLIAM THOMASON FAZAKERLY:
Burial: Memphis, Shelby
Co., Tennessee
Cause of Death: Heart
attack; Age at death: 4943
Fact 1 (2) 1: Nickname
Willie. Born in Ellendale (Bartlett area) & was reared on Given Av.
Fact 1 (2) 2: Loved
dogs all his life. When he was young, he was constantly bringing home strays.43
Fact 3 (2): He was
stationed in Winnipeg, Canada; Put felt in his shoes in the winter to stay
warm.
Fact 4 (2): He said
people there would sleep outside in the summers in Canada because it was so
hot.
Fact 5 (2): He said
bears would enter the barracks looking for food. Fished for huge pike.
Fact 6 (2): Interested
in photography; would enlarge pictures and Mama would tint them.
Fact 7 (2): Excellent
cook. Good carpenter. Could build, design, and repair anything.
Fact 8 (2): Loved
convertibles. The last car he had before he died was a convertible.
Fact 9 (2): Served in
the Army as a military policeman in WW II.
Fact 10 (2): Wore
tinted glasses that helped his headaches; injury when young; amblyopia.
Fact 11 (2): Went to
Sacred Heart High School. Valedictorian of his graduating class, 1937.
Fact 12 (2): Named two
of his three children after himself, Mama refused on the last one.
Fact 13 (2): I've only
known him to be afraid of two things: Wasps (allergic) and Doctors (needles).
Medical Information:
History of asthma, heart disease, & high blood pressure; alcohol
dependency. Died at his residence, 287 North Montgomery, Friday morning, June
21, 1968; Buried at Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis, TN43
Occupation: Policeman;
Self Employed; Social Security #415-01-5440
Marriage Notes for MARTHA FINCH and WILLIAM FAZAKERLY:
Ages: Bill, 24;
Martha, 19.
More About WILLIAM FAZAKERLY and MARTHA FINCH:
Divorce: Abt. 1960,
Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee
Marriage date: Married
and Divorced twice to each other.
Marriage: 09 May 1943,
Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee44
Child of MARTHA FINCH and ROBERT MULKEY is:
i. ROBERT MULKEY (ROBERT MESHEW11 FINCH)45, b. 29 Dec 1940, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
Children of MARTHA FINCH and WILLIAM FAZAKERLY are:
25. ii. BILLIE LYNN11 FAZAKERLY, b. 13
Jan 1946, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
iii. WILLIAM THOMASON FAZAKERLY, JR.46, b.
05 Dec 1947, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee; d. 19 May 1999, Little Rock,
Arkansas; m. CLAIRENE TEAT47, 06
May 1971, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee; b. Oct 1942, Chattanooga, Hamilton
Co., Tennessee.
Notes for WILLIAM THOMASON FAZAKERLY, JR.:
WILLIAM THOMASON
FAZAKERLY, JR.:
Little Rock, Arkansas
is where Tommy owns a large home. At one
time five blocks away was where President Bill Clinton once lived as Governor
of Arkansas. President Clinton jogged by
in front of Tommy's house and would often speak to Tommy in passing. Tommy has
also met him other times in town. Tommy wanted to add the following to the
family tree history.
"Being a Fazakerly
has never been dull. I always thought my name was special; it has always set up
a field of conversational lead in. I
have never regretted having this special name, except for the one time during
my career that I had to sign my name a few hundred times at once; I was not
able to get a name stamp made in time.
I would like to give my
special thanks to my sister Billie Lynn for this opportunity to be a written
part of this family history."
William
Thomason Fazakerly, Jr.
Tommy has always been a
very dear brother. He has a pleasant
personality and is always easy to get along with. He can also be very stubborn at times. Mama
told me once that she knew I would make a good mother since I had so much
experience raising hers. Tommy was never
any trouble to me and was often very helpful with this awesome task. Tommy is
also a very generous person in many ways.
Billie Lynn Fazakerly
Harrison
Sister
April 1994
More About WILLIAM THOMASON FAZAKERLY, JR.:
Cause of Death: Liver
Cancer; Age at death: 51
Fact 1 (2) 1: Changed
Major from Industrial Arts Education to Engineering.
Fact 1 (2) 2: Attended
Memphis State & TN Tech.; Also college in Cookville, TN; Major Industrial
Arts, changed to Engineering; 5 years, but did not graduate.
Fact 3 (2): Aunt
Frances assisted Tommy with his father's social security benefits for school.
Fact 4 (2): His college
education was steered by his dear Aunt Frances Fazakerly McDaniel.
Fact 5 (2): He has
worked for a Library, Meat Market, Farmers Market & Rent-A-Car companies.
Fact 6 (2): He worked
for Baker Car & Truck Rental Inc. from 1-07-1977 to 1994.
Fact 7 (2): Also for a
Grand Piano Factory in Conway, Ak. & Carpenter & Hotel/Motel Auditor.
Fact 8 (2): He loves to
swim as exercise and stays busy year round maintaining a large pool.
Fact 9 (2): He works
constantly on his home and also enjoys having a neat, attractive yard.
Fact 10 (2): Little
Rock is also the home of his close cousin, Mary Ann Bryan.
Fact 11 (2): Tommy
hopes to one day rebuild the baby grand piano he inherited.
Fact 12 (2): Married
Clairene Teat Fazakerly May 06, 1971; Divorced in 1979. No children. Remained
friends with Clairene.48
Fact 13 (2): Tommy
always loved dogs. He had no children.
Medical Information:
Never drank alcohol but contracted hepatitis B years ago which was thought to
be the reason he developed liver cancer. Requested to be cremated. Memorial
service at his home.
Occupation: Manager of
Car Rental Fleets; Works for the State
More About CLAIRENE TEAT:
Fact 1 (2) 1: Caters
and does lovely work for weddings, funerals, etc.
Fact 1 (2) 2: She and
Tommy have remained friends after their divorce in 1979.
Fact 3 (2): Friendly,
helpful person, creative; good cook; generous.
Fact 4 (2): Does
beautiful work with flowers and arrangements
Fact 5 (2): No
children. Remarried to Lewis Adams who had two children.
Fact 6 (2): Clairene
has a twin sister, Charlene.
Fact 7 (2): Tommy
called her by her last name, "Teat".
Fact 8 (2): Inherited
her parents home in Memphis.
Fact 9 (2): Tommy says
she's happy and has lost a lot of weight. She now weighs 135 Lbs.
Occupation: Works for a
Florist
Marriage Notes for WILLIAM FAZAKERLY and CLAIRENE TEAT:
Ages: Tommy, 23;
Clairene, 28.
More About WILLIAM FAZAKERLY and CLAIRENE TEAT:
Divorce: 1979, Memphis,
Shelby Co., Tennessee
Marriage date: 06 May
1971, Married at McLean Baptist Church.
Marriage: 06 May 1971,
Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee
26. iv. CHRIS LEE FAZAKERLY, b. 28 Dec 1950, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
19. AUGUSTA MERLE10 FINCH (GLADYS CHRISTINE9 MESHEW, MATTIE MILDRED8 HINKLE, THOMAS GEORGE7, CASPER6, CHARLES ANTHONY5, CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II,
ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)48
was born 12 Oct 1919 in Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky, and died 05 Nov 1976 in
Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee. She
married (1) DR. HARRY GRAHAM BRYAN48 May
1942 in Probably Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, son of SAM BRYAN and ELINOR CRUTCHER. He was born 16 Oct 1913 in Dickson, Dickson
Co., Tennessee, and died 08 Nov 1968 in Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee. She married (2) JAMES MAYO STRAWBRIDGE49 Abt. 1938, son of ALLEN STRAWBRIDGE and GERTRUDE. He was born Abt. 1910 in Tennessee or
Illinois.
Notes for AUGUSTA MERLE FINCH:
1996:
Mimi told me once that
she got the giggles when she married Uncle Harry. She said she thought that would be the end of
the wedding then and there. Mimi was
always a bit high-strung and could get upset easily. (My mother could provoke
the devil out of her). She could be very
out spoken and strict at times--but not mean.
I believe Uncle Harry absolutely adored her. She also told me once that if she was upset
and cried that Uncle Harry would leave the house. He just could not stand to see her upset.
(One of the times was
around the time Jimmy got married. Emotionally she was a mess preparing for his
wedding.)
Mimi suffered from
back trouble almost all her adult life.
She believed it was due to a diving accident when she was younger. (Dove
off a bridge). Mary Ann said in a letter
recently that "it had rained and had shifted the depth of the river
bed." she had to have surgery on her back
more than once. I remember after
one of these times she wanted me to wash her hair--but she had to stay flat on
her back. What a job that was. By the time we were through it was a wonder
she didn't have to go back to surgery!
We used some type of inner tube mechanism. It worked and she was determined to have it
done.
Mimi was always very
generous and helpful to me through the years.
She said that she had wanted to be a nurse and she and Uncle Harry
encouraged me to become one. Mimi also
offered to have my wedding to James in her home. This caused a tremendous amount of work on
her part. She also made my wedding dress
for me. It was a lovely wedding and I am
sure I never thanked her enough for her efforts. My mind was on Graduation from nursing school
and getting married.
Only later did I come
to appreciate what she had done for me to help me get married.
When you are young you
take things so much for granted. I finally realized just how much Mimi had
helped me through the years and how much she had gone out of her way to do very
special things for me--and for my brothers. Many of these things were
"above and beyond the call of duty".
Thank you, Mimi.
I know Mimi was very
proud of her grandchildren: Jennifer, Emily, and Matthew.
Mimi told me the story
that one day she was cutting out coupons---and I don't remember which child was
watching or helping with this---but, as a child will mimic adult
actions---either Jennifer or Emily proceeded to cut out portions of Mimi's
bible. She was laughing when she told
the story---but I doubt she was laughing at the time---unless she was laughing
and crying at the same time. I can't remember for sure but I believe she was
able to get the damage fixed.
Grandmothers! What tolerant souls. So unlike the way they were with their own
kids. I've watched my mother let my
children get away with things that she would have simply killed me for.
Mimi worked for an eye
doctor in Memphis for awhile. She had
her ups and downs. I don't think she
ever really got over Uncle Harry's death. I was told that Uncle Harry had asked
her not to re-marry. I believe Mimi
really needed someone to love and care for her.
She tried to commit suicide twice and I believe died from complications
from the last effort. She just "wanted to go". She was through here.
I believe poor John, her son, unfortunately found her both times. (John told me
Nancy found her and got help.) I know her children miss her as I miss my own
mother.
Billie Lynn Fazakerly
Harrison
Niece
1996
"Mimi"
1st marriage: Augusta
Merle Finch to James Mayo Strawbridge
Son, James Strawbridge
b. 1939, later adopted in 1947, name changed to James Finch Bryan
More About AUGUSTA MERLE FINCH:
Burial: Memphis,
Shelby Co., Tennessee
Cause of Death: Kidney
failure; Age at death: 5750
Fact 1 (2) 1:
Merle/Mermie went to High School in Big Sandy, Tennessee.
Fact 1 (2) 2: Born in
Barlow in her Grandmother Meshew's home; Delivered by grandfather--Dr. Joshua
Meshew
Fact 3 (2): Drove to
Ventuar, CA 1936; Lived with her aunt, Merle Girard abt. 6 mos. Went to college
Fact 4 (2): Mimi was a
second mother to me & encouraged me to become a nurse like she wanted to be
Fact 5 (2): Married
James Mayo Strawbridge abt. 1938.They divorced. He later died of TB-age 55
Fact 6 (2): Their son,
Jimmy, was adopted by Dr. Bryan in 1947. (Became James Finch Bryan)
Fact 7 (2): Called
Mimi by Jimmy. I believe & all the
children & grandchildren called her Mimi.
Fact 8 (2): Mimi
married Dr. Harry Graham Bryan, May, 1942. They had John & Mary Ann.
Fact 9 (2): Mimi was
very active in her church, the First Evangelical Church in Memphis, TN.
Fact 10 (2): Mimi was
an attractive woman, a wonderful homemaker, good seamstress & good cook
Fact 11 (2): Mimi made
my wedding dress for me & had our wedding in her lovely home home in 1967
Fact 12 (2): She
occasionally had visiting missionaries stay in her home.
Medical Information:
Degenerative disc disease; High blood pressure; Depression; Buried at the Memorial
Gardens Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee50
Occupation: Housewife;
Assistant to Eye Doctor
Notes for DR. HARRY GRAHAM BRYAN:
1996:
Dr. Bryan (Uncle
Harry) was a soft-spoken person; a very good doctor; sensitive to people's
needs and was well loved and respected.
If you were a child he could make you feel at ease. If you were an adult he could be extremely
stern; no-nonsense but kind with a gentle sense of humor. He was a soft-spoken
person--never loud. I'll never forget
how he helped me with getting daddy to the hospital when he had his heart
attack. He did so much for so many of
us.
Uncle Harry was a
Captain in the Army Medical Corps. He
was stationed in Hawaii.
He took pre-medical
courses at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He was a graduate of the
University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis. He Interned at Baptist hospital and was a
resident surgeon there. Before entering
the army, he was with the army depot.
This information was from a Memphis newspaper. The date had been cut off. It also stated that Mrs. Bryan lived at 1882
Madison.
According to some
notes from Nanny years ago, she said that Mimi and Uncle Harry lived with them
in the house on 1405 Agnes place in Memphis, Tennessee from December 1945 to
March 1947 and that John had been born while they lived there.
Addendum, July 2004; I
had "Speculated" that Uncle Harry probably met Mimi in Memphis in
some professional capacity--either seeing her as a patient or perhaps seeing
her son, Jimmy.
Years ago, Uncle Harry
told me he had been a pediatrician at one time--or had considered becoming a
pediatrician--but changed specialties. (The kids were fine, but the mothers
were something else.) This is where I got the idea that he may have met Mimi
through seeing Jimmy as a child.
That is not the way it
happened.
After a recent trip to
visit my cousin John Bryan, I was told that his mother, Mimi, was working for
the Ford Motor Company in Washington, DC, just before the war started, and that
she hurt her ankle and saw Uncle Harry, who happened to be the company doctor
at the time. He asked Mimi out and they got married fairly soon after
that.
I thought they had
probably met in Memphis, since Uncle Harry went to school, interned, and had
his surgical residency there, but it appears they met in Washington, DC.
***2004 addendum: The
following notes were from memory by Jimmy & Mary Ann. There are a few
discrepancies in the facts--see the 1920 & 1930 census records below--but
the information is still remarkable considering it came from spontaneous
recall.
1996 cont.: Jimmy and
Mary Ann were able to tell me some things about uncle Harry's family. Jimmy
said that uncle Harry's mother's maiden name was "Crutcher". His
father was Samuel Graham Bryan.
(*The 1920 census
stated Sam H. Bryan, but census records can be wrong.)
*Years ago I found a
book of Uncle Harry's--"Swiss Family Robinson". This may have been
among my Grandfather Finch's things that I found at my grandmothers.
(Strangely, an 1886 Fazakerly/Thomason book had been found among his things
too.) Or the book may have been among one of my cousin's things that got mixed
up with my brother's things. I'm just not sure. Anyway, Inside the cover of the
book there is a notation to Harry Graham Bryan, Dickson, Tenn., from Harry H.
Graham, dated 1922, Lake Providence, La.
I wonder if this was
Uncle Harry's grandfather or uncle? It appears that Uncle Harry was named after
one or both of these men: Sam H. Bryan & Harry H. Graham
According to Mary
Ann's letter, Uncle Harry's father died from gangrene of the foot when uncle
Harry was ten years old. (1923).
According to Mary Ann
& Jimmy, Uncle Harry had several sisters and he was the youngest.
Sammye was the oldest
girl (*actually Mary was the oldest) and named after her father, Samuel Graham
Bryan. (Sam H. Bryan?) Sammye married Byrum or Byron Boone and lived in
Nashville, TN. Their daughter, Bettye
Lou married Lewis Bennett--a salesman with Ethnicon surgical supplies.
Another sister,
Frances married late in life.
Then there was Louise,
a nurse in Tennessee. According to Mary
Ann, the middle girl, Mary, had schizophrenia and was in an institution.
Another sister was
Ruth. She was married to Charlie Murray
and they lived in Waverly, TN. Jimmy believes Charlie worked for the state of
Tennessee in some sort of office job. He
said he thought Ruth worked in a car dealership. Their daughter, Mary Ann, died
of Diphtheria when she was six months old.
Mary Ann Bryan was named after her.
Uncle Harry's mother
died in 1948 possibly from a heart attack.
Uncle Harry died from
cancer in 1968. I helped take care of
him a few times after his kidney surgery and later at home when he was
terminal. He didn't want to go to the
hospital unless it became too hard on Mimi, which it did. While I cared for him, he never complained.
When the home health nurse came to start an I. V., he wanted me to hold his hand
so he wouldn't accidently jerk it out if he woke up suddenly or forget it was
there--NOT because he didn't want to get "stuck" again, but to save
the nurse another trip to the house. That was how considerate he was. He was an
amazing person. Even toward the end he
was more concerned with those around him than himself. He didn't want to inconvenience anyone. All the nurses that knew and worked with him
adored him. He was well loved and
respected. It was an honor being his neice.
Billie Lynn Fazakerly
Harrison
Niece
1996
1920 Census:
Taken Jan. 7 or 17,
1920
Dickson, Dickson Co.,
Tennessee
Address: Center Ave.
Sam H. Bryan, 53, (b.
abt. 1866), b. Tennessee, family from Tennessee, Occ., Merchant, Automobiles
Elinor, wife, 49, b.
(b. abt. 1871) b. Tennessee, family from Tennessee
Mary, daughter, 20,
(b. abt. 1900) b. Tennessee
Sammie, daughter, 18,
(b. abt. 1902) b. Tennessee
Louise, daughter, 12,
(b. abt. 1908) b. Tennessee
Francis (Frances),
daughter, 8, (b. abt. 1912) b. Tennessee
Harry, son, 6, (b.
abt. 1914), b. Tennessee
(Uncle Harry would
have been 7 in October, b. Oct. 16, 1913)
(Sister, Ruth, not
listed here.)
1930 Census
Taken Apr. 03, 1930
Dickson, Dickson Co.,
Tennessee
Address: Center Ave.
(Last census listed
Sam's wife as Elinor, 49; this census listed her as Jane, 59, Head of
Household, widow, b. Tennessee); (both listings have the birthdate about 1871)
Louise, daughter, 23,
b. Tennessee, Occ., Teacher, Primary School
Frances, daughter, 18,
b. Tennessee
Harry, son, 16, b.
Tennessee
More About DR. HARRY GRAHAM BRYAN:
Burial: Memphis,
Shelby Co., Tennessee
Cause of Death:
Cancer; Age at death: 5550
Fact 1 (2) 1: Never
let his feelings about my parents influence his attitude toward me. (They could
be difficult). When I was young he taught me the proper way to hold a knife and
fork. Later he was the one that encouraged me to become a nurse.
Fact 1 (2) 2: Was a
pediatrician; loved children but changed specialties (Due to "difficult
mothers").
Fact 3 (2): Born in
Dickson, TN. Member of the 1933 Little TN Dickson Champs Baseball Team
Fact 4 (2): Went to
the Univ. of TN. at Knoxville & Univ. of TN Medical Units in Memphis
Fact 5 (2): Promoted
to Captain in the Army Medical Corps.
Fact 6 (2): He &
my aunt, MIMI, lived at Nanny's from Dec. 1945 to March 1947
Fact 7 (2): Liked to
fish. He enjoyed TARZAN comic books. Had a dry sense of humor and could be very
funny.
Fact 8 (2): "On
Call" for his entire family's infinite needs.
Fact 9 (2): He loved
Christmas. Every 25th he said "Eleven more months until Christmas!"
Fact 10 (2): Called
his daughter, Mary Ann, "Delilah".
Fact 11 (2): Said
"Oh Boy!" a lot. Got us to sing "Davy Crockett" when
getting our necessary shots when we were children.
Fact 12 (2):
Respectful, kind, funny, stern, helpful--at times intimidating. A wonderful
man.
Medical Information:
Buried at the Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Memphis, TN
Occupation: Doctor;
Pediatrician; General Practitioner; Surgeon50
More About HARRY BRYAN and AUGUSTA FINCH:
Marriage: May 1942,
Probably Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee
More About JAMES MAYO STRAWBRIDGE:
Cause of Death: TB;
Age at death: 55
Fact 1 (2): Divorced
Merle Finch; Age at death was 55; had TB
More About JAMES STRAWBRIDGE and AUGUSTA FINCH:
Marriage: Abt. 1938
Children of AUGUSTA FINCH and HARRY BRYAN are:
27. i. JAMES FINCH11 BRYAN, b. 19 Nov
1939, Paris, Henry Co., Tennessee.
ii. JOHN DUNCAN BRYAN50, b.
23 Oct 1946, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee; m. NANCY PETOCCHI50, 15 Apr 1973, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
Notes for JOHN DUNCAN BRYAN:
July 2004
Too much time has gone
by. Too many years wasted.
What fun we had as
kids. John could always make me giggle--especially in church.
I loved the story about
your being handed the Communion Plate in church to 'partake and pass on' and
you handed it back and said, "No thanks, I'm not hungry". You said
Mimi got you good for that one.
Remember throwing green
peas at each other every Thanksgiving & Christmas at Nanny's?
You were always
'concocting' some new game to play--usually guaranteeing admonishing from the
adults. What fun we had.
Then we grew up and
lost contact with each other. How sad and inexcusable on my part.
I'll forever be
thankful that John was with Tommy, my brother, when he died in 1999.
James & I spent our
vacation in New York July 2004 and visited with John & Nancy in Clyde, New
York. What an incredible trip. We all had such a great time. We were able to
share old memories and create new ones. That was so special to me. Nancy was
such a gracious hostess and had so many great ideas about visiting special
places in the area. Listening to her music was a pleasure. It was so much fun
meeting their new kittens: Mamie & Louise. What darlings. Swimming in Lake
Ontario was a unique experience for me. Even in July, the water was
"freezing", but refreshing at the same time.
One of the things I
loved the most about the trip was seeing the Erie Canal--visiting the route of
my Fazakerly ancestors when they went from one end of New York to the other on
their way to Chicago in the 1850's. These small towns and parks near and on the
canal are beautiful and quaint.
Hope to make it back
there again next summer.
Cousin,
Billie Fazakerly
Harrison
August 2004
More About JOHN DUNCAN BRYAN:
Fact 1 (2) 1: John was
a fun cousin to grow up with. Creative with games we played. Well liked.
Fact 1 (2) 2: Believe
he went to Southwestern College in Memphis.
Fact 1 (2) 3: Born in
Memhis, TN. Lives in California.
Fact 3 (2): Went to
Central High School, Memphis, TN. Spent some time in Germany--Bought beautiful
gifts: copper bottomed pans, dishes, etc.
Fact 4 (2): Interested
in music. Played in a band for years.
Fact 5 (2): Married
Nancy Petocchi on the Southwestern Campus in Memphis, TN.
Fact 6 (2): Nancy is
also interested in music & also played in the band with John in Memphis.
Fact 7 (2): Tommy, my
brother, said that Nancy recently had some type of music contract in Nashville,
TN.
Fact 8 (2): I believe
Nancy is from New York or her family is from there.
Fact 9 (2): John &
Nancy made a record years ago. (I
believe the title was SHADRACK)
Fact 10 (2): I think
the title or song was named after & about a story of one of John's dogs.
Fact 11 (2): I was told
John's middle name, Duncan, came from a family friend, a doctor
Occupation: Muscian;
Construction; Carpenter
Notes for NANCY PETOCCHI:
May 22, 2006
Dear Nancy:
I came across these
messages in "HEALING WITH THE ANGELS" this morning. I believe both
apply to you. I wanted to pass these along to you. I’m not all that
religious—far from it--but sometimes messages have a way of hitting you between
the eyes.
I especially liked The
“Healing” message. A person doesn’t have to be a nurse or doctor to have the
ability to heal others. All the work you do with the school children creating
moments of pure joy and fun (a prescription for healing that is stronger than
any drug ever made) then sharing that joy with the parents, teachers, and
members of the community that get to hear your music through these children is
enormously healing to yourself and many others. Nurses and doctors heal
one-on-one; you heal many at a time.
I hope the good results
of the tests or catching a potential problem very, very early can bring peace
of mind to you soon.
Thank you for talking
to me about this. It makes me feel special. I’m concerned, but feel in my gut
that you are going to be fine regardless of the outcome of the tests.
You mentioned that you
and John were going to Poughkeepsie, NY. A Fazakerley family group came from
England to New York City and went to Albany, NY. A member of the family was in
Poughkeepsie, NY for a while. One of the most beautiful trips I’ve ever made
was going by train along the Hudson River from NYC to Albany. Incredible
country. Much of New York State is incredible country. Enchanting.
Tell John hello. I am
so glad Jimmy wanted to share his memories of Uncle Harry with John. I’ll be
glad to read what he wrote. I always thought Uncle Harry was an extra special
person. He was always so kind to me.
Love you both,
Billie
PS: Tell the eagle
hello for us if you see him/her again. What a wonderful trip that was visiting
you and John and seeing all the local sites.
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HEALING WITH THE
ANGELS; Oracle Cards, Guidebook, Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.; page 25; Publisher, Hay
House, Inc., Carlsbad, CA
"Healing"
"Card Meaning: A
situation that has caused you concern is on the mend. You are a natural Healer,
and your healing thoughts have manifested into form."
Sometimes a situation
cannot heal until you release the challange completely--so that healing light
can enter it. Your worries will soon be over, because this card signifies that
a healing has occurred. To realize this healing, however, you must first stop
focusing on "what is wrong" and instead affirm: "Everything is
in Divine and perfect order right now." You have natural healing
abilities, and this card asks you to have faith that God works through you as
an Earth healing angel. Hold thoughts of love around any situation that seems
to need healing. Visualize the situation as healed right now. Then, give thanks
to God for this healing, and completely release everything to the angels. The
powerful effects of your healing work touch many lives. "
"Ideas & Inspiration"
"Card Meaning: Pay
attention to new thoughts and ideas that come to you. They are seeds of
magnificent co-creations with God."
More About NANCY PETOCCHI:
Fact 1 (2) 1: Talented
musician.
Fact 1 (2) 2: Very
pretty "copper" colored hair. Attractive.
Occupation: Musician
More About JOHN BRYAN and NANCY PETOCCHI:
Marriage: 15 Apr 1973,
Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee
Marriage Fact: 15 Apr
1973, Married on the campus of Southwestern University, Memphis, Tennessee50
28. iii. MARY ANN BRYAN, b. 10 Mar 1948, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN.
Child of AUGUSTA FINCH and JAMES STRAWBRIDGE is:
iv. JAMES STRAWBRIDGE (JAMES FINCH11 BRYAN)50, b. 19 Nov 1939.
More About JAMES STRAWBRIDGE (JAMES FINCH BRYAN):
Adoption: Adoped by
Harry Graham Bryan; name changed from James Strawbridge to James Finch Bryan51
20. ROBERT MESHEW10 FINCH (GLADYS CHRISTINE9 MESHEW, MATTIE MILDRED8 HINKLE, THOMAS GEORGE7, CASPER6, CHARLES ANTHONY5, CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II,
ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)52
was born 29 Dec 1940 in Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee. He married MAROLYNN PATTERSON52 01 Sep 1973 in Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee. She was born 01 May 1946 in Memphis, Shelby
Co., Tennessee.
More About ROBERT MESHEW FINCH:
Fact 1 (2) 1: Natural
father was Robert Lucius Mulkey.
Fact 1 (2) 2: Adopted
by Nanny & Gramps in 1957 when he was about 16.
Fact 3 (2): Born in
Memphis, Tennessee. Martha married Mr. Mulkey August 1937.
Fact 4 (2): Sent me a
copy of the Finch Family Crest for the family tree project.
Fact 5 (2): Went to
Central High School in Memphis, Tennessee.
Fact 6 (2): Played the
trumpet in high school.
Fact 7 (2): Graduated
from Memphis State University in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree.
Fact 8 (2): Also
graduated from Mid AMerica in 1988 with a MDIV. Degree (Equal to Masters
Degree)
Fact 9 (2): My father
wasn't able to attend my wedding & Bobby "Gave me away".
Fact 10 (2): Married
Marolynn Patterson September 01, 1973 in Memphis, TN.
Fact 11 (2): Went to
Fort Sill, Oklahoma to see Caleb graduate from basic training in the army.
Fact 12 (2): Likes to
write, garden, & to go to different places each vacation.
Medical Information:
Rheumatic Fever; Heart Murmur52
Occupation: Teacher;
Various Jobs
More About MAROLYNN PATTERSON:
Fact 1 (2) 1: Went to
Central High School, Memphis, Tennessee.
Fact 1 (2) 2: Born in
Memphis, Tennessee
Fact 3 (2): Marolynn
graduated from Memphis State University in 1968 with a BS degree.
Fact 4 (2): Married
Bobby at the Bellevue Baptist Chapel in Memphis, September 01, 1973
Fact 5 (2): Her
children, Caleb & Clay were born in Memphis, Tennessee.
Fact 6 (2): Works for
the University of Tennessee in Medical Records & Research
Fact 7 (2): Marolynn
enjoys sewing & working in their garden.
Fact 8 (2): Her
children are active in their church.
Occupation: Housewife;
Teacher; Works in Medical Records & Research
More About ROBERT FINCH and MAROLYNN PATTERSON:
Marriage date: 01 Sep
197352
Marriage: 01 Sep 1973,
Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee
Marriage Fact: 01 Sep
1973, Married at the Bellevue Baptist Church Chapel52
Children of ROBERT FINCH and MAROLYNN PATTERSON are:
i. ROBERT CALEB11 FINCH52, b. 12 Aug 1975, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
More About ROBERT CALEB FINCH:
Fact 1 (2) 1: Caleb was
active in the Jazz Band in high school.
Fact 1 (2) 2: Born in
Memphis, Tennessee. Was just a few months old before Nanny died.
Fact 3 (2): Planys the
trumpet. Wants to get a degree in music.
Fact 4 (2): Worked in
construction before joining the Army.
Fact 5 (2): Finished
his basic training in the Army at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Fact 6 (2): Serving his
active duty in Fort Riley, Kansas.
Fact 7 (2): Has
recently been baptised.
Occupation: Active
Service in the Army
ii. JOHN CLAYBOURNE FINCH52, b.
27 Sep 1978, Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee.
More About JOHN CLAYBOURNE FINCH:
Fact 1 (2) 1: In the
tenth grade.
Fact 1 (2) 2: Born in
Memphis, Tennessee. Goes by the name Clay.
Fact 3 (2): Plays the
trumpet.
Fact 4 (2): Clay is
interested in Jazz. His group won a
contest in Virginia.
Fact 5 (2): Just
recently they won a city-wide contest in Memphis, TN.
Fact 6 (2): Bobby
states that Clay will probably want to go to college after high school.
Fact 7 (2): Clay plays
nintendo and sega with his friends.
Fact 8 (2): He plays
baseball & basketball for his church & soccer for his school.
Fact 9 (2): Bobby says
that Clay enjoys going to church.
Occupation: Student
21. BILLIE DEANE (MARY MERLE)10 MESHEW (JOSHUA WILFORD9, MATTIE MILDRED8 HINKLE, THOMAS GEORGE7, CASPER6, CHARLES ANTHONY5, CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II,
ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)53
was born 15 Jan 1925 in Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky54, and
died 04 Jan 1995 in Fort Worth, Tareant Co., Texas55. She married DR. DONALD EUGENE BARNHILL56 Abt. 194457.
Notes for BILLIE DEANE (MARY MERLE) MESHEW:
[FINCHM.FTW]
From a letter from
Billie Deane Barnhill dated April 11, 1994:
"The Meshews
called me Mary Merle but the Bonners, dad, and my mother called me Billie Deane
which I go by and have gone by all my life."
She said that her
grandparents, the Bonners, had raised her.
Billie Deane also said
that she spent her summers with Aunt Gladys for years and felt my mother,
Martha, was more sister to her.
Billie Lynn Fazakerly
Harrison
October 1994
More About BILLIE DEANE (MARY MERLE) MESHEW:
Cause of Death:
Cancer; Age at death: 6957
Fact 1 (2) 1: Billie
lived in Ziegler, Illinois when young.
Fact 1 (2) 2:
"Our grandfather delivered me in their home in Barlow, Ky" (Dr.
Joshua W. Meshew)
Fact 3 (2): Also known
as Mary Merle by the meshew family
Fact 4 (2): Married a
dentist--Dr. Donald Eugene Barnhill
Fact 5 (2): Billie
Deane had seven children.
Fact 6 (2): Wrote to
me a few months before she died & said she believed that I had been named
after her.
Fact 7 (2): Raised by
her grandparents; Billie was Roman Catholic; her father, Joshua, was Methodist
Fact 8 (2): Billie
Deane died January 1995. She had 14 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren
Occupation: Housewife
More About DR. DONALD EUGENE BARNHILL:
Fact 1 (2) 1: Lived in
Fort, Worth, Texas
Fact 1 (2) 2: Went to
Washington University in St. Louis.
Occupation: Dentist
More About DONALD BARNHILL and BILLIE MESHEW:
Marriage: Abt. 194457
Children of BILLIE MESHEW and DONALD BARNHILL are:
29. i. DONALD EUGENE11 BARNHILL, JR., b. 16 Feb
1945.
30. ii. TERRY LYNN BARNHILL, b. 30 Oct 1947.
31. iii. MICHAEL JAY BARNHILL, b. 14 Jan 1952.
32. iv. KIMBERLY KAY BARNHILL, b. 06 Feb 1956, St. Joe, Missouri.
33. v. MARY JO BARNHILL, b. 21 Sep 1957, St. Joe, Missouri.
34. vi. MARGARET ANN BARNHILL, b. 21 Sep 1960, Montgomery, Alabama.
35. vii. PATRICIA ANN BARNHILL, b. 06 Nov 1963, Montgomery, Alabama.
22. DAVID DEWEY10 GIRARD, JR. (ELIZABETH MERLE9 MESHEW, MATTIE MILDRED8 HINKLE, THOMAS GEORGE7, CASPER6, CHARLES ANTHONY5, CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II,
ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)57
was born 07 Sep 1920 in Barlow, Ballard Co., Kentucky. He married DOROTHY HELEN BURKE57 11 Jan 1942.
She was born 16 Jul 1922.
More About DAVID DEWEY GIRARD, JR.:
Occupation: Retired
School Teacher
More About DOROTHY HELEN BURKE:
Fact 1 (2): She has one
daughter, Denise.
Occupation: Housewife
More About DAVID GIRARD and DOROTHY BURKE:
Marriage: 11 Jan 1942
Child of DAVID GIRARD and DOROTHY BURKE is:
i. DENISE ELIZABETH11 GIRARD57, b. 18 Jun 1946; m. RUSSEL JAY SURBER57, 18 Jun 1966; b. 04 Aug 1942.
More About DENISE ELIZABETH GIRARD:
Fact 1 (2) 1: Married
to Russel Jay Surber, June 18, 1966
Fact 1 (2) 2: Her
husband is in government work.
Fact 3 (2): They have
no children.
Occupation: Housewife
More About RUSSEL JAY SURBER:
Occupation: Government
Work
More About RUSSEL SURBER and DENISE GIRARD:
Marriage: 18 Jun 1966
23. CECIL MESHEW10 GIRARD (ELIZABETH MERLE9 MESHEW, MATTIE MILDRED8 HINKLE, THOMAS GEORGE7, CASPER6, CHARLES ANTHONY5, CAPTAIN CHARLES4, JACOB ANTHONY3 HENCKEL II,
ANTHONY JACOB2, GEORGE1)57
was born 17 Apr 1923 in Barlow, Ballard, Co., Kentucky. He married EVERMA JO HENDRICK57 22 Nov 1944.
She was born 22 Feb 1923.
More About CECIL MESHEW GIRARD:
Occupation:
Geophysicist
More About EVERMA JO HENDRICK:
Fact 1 (2): Goes by
the name of Jo
Occupation: Housewife
More About CECIL GIRARD and EVERMA HENDRICK:
Marriage: 22 Nov 1944
Children of CECIL GIRARD and EVERMA HENDRICK are:
36. i. WILLIAM MESHEW11 GIRARD, b. 27 Aug
1947.
37. ii. CELIA ANN GIRARD, b. 08 Sep 1949.
38. iii. JANE GIRARD, b. 15 Sep 1950.