2.
ABRAHAM
CLAXTON [Sources]
The
second child of David Claxton and Rosanna Moore:
Born:
About 1828 in Gallatin Co., IL
Died:
1865 in Bedford Co., TN
Buried:
< Crowell Chapel Cemetery, Halls Mill, Bedford Co., TN>
Married:
Sarah Margaret Parsons in 1850
Born:
17 Dec 1832 in TN
Died:
2 Sep 1888 Fall Creek, Bedford Co., TN
Buried:
<Crowell Chapel Cemetery, Halls Mill, Bedford Co., TN>
According
to the 1830 Gallatin Co., IL census records, David and Rosanna Claxton
were living south of Shawneetown, IL in the Cave-in-Rock Township on
the Ohio River. They lived there only a short period time since
records show them back in Bedford Co., TN in December 1831. It
is believed that Abraham was born in this area of Cave-in-Rock, IL.
Today, the area is a State Park in Hardin Co. and part of the Shawnee
National Forest. According to Marvin Claxton, the Abraham
Claxton family Bible has his birth in Gallatin Co., TN. (actually
IL). Census records indicate Abraham spent the rest of his life
in Bedford Co. He was listed on the 1850 Bedford Co., TN census
as “Alan” (misspelling of Abram) living with his mother,
Rosanna.
In
1850, Abraham married Margaret Parsons. Margaret was the
daughter of George Washington Parsons and Margaret “Peggy”
Fisher. George was born 27 Dec 1787 in VA and died 16 Nov 1842 in
Bedford Co. "Peggy" was born 23 Jul 1793, Rowan Co,
NC and died 26 Apr 1854 in Bedford Co. Both of her parents were
buried in the Old Crowell Chapel Cemetery in Halls Mill, Bedford Co.
Abraham
and Margaret had seven children, four daughters and three sons:
1.
William Harvey Claxton
1852 - 1921
2.
Arena E. Claxton 1853 - 1951
3.
Margaret Ann Claxton 1855
- 1899
4.
Palistine “Tiny” Claxton
1856 - 1881
5.
George Washington Claxton
1858 - 1952
6.
Genoa Alice Claxton 1861
- 1920
7.
John Albert Claxton 1864 -
1940
In
1860, Abraham, Margaret, and five of their seven children were living
in Shelbyville, Western Division of the 7th Civil District
next door to Rosanna and her children. Abraham was a
blacksmith. Sometime in the 1860s, Abraham and his family moved
to the Halls Mill/Fall Creek (8th Civil District)
community northwest of Shelbyville along with Abraham’s
brother, William H., and their mother Rosanna.
According
to Marvin Claxton from "Descendants of David Claxton":
“Abraham
was killed in 1865 during the Civil War. My father, Murry
Claxton said that he had been to town to sell some mules and was
killed by some men that robbed him of his money. This happened on the
Old Unionville Pike in the vicinity of the present El Bethel Baptist
Church.”
Margaret
was left with seven children to raise and she never remarried.
In
July 1870, Margaret was living next door to Rosanna and continued to
work the farm with her seven children. As mentioned before,
this was the last known record of Rosanna. In 1880, Margaret
was still on the farm with her children except for a daughter,
“Tiny”, who died in 1881. Margaret died in 1888.
In 1900 the oldest son, William H., was the head of household with
his sisters, Arena and Genoa, living in the home. Family
sources believe Abraham and Margaret were buried in one of the two
Crowell Chapel Cemeteries at Halls Mill without markers where all of
their seven children were buried.
The
Shelbyville Gazette Aug 9, 1888. (Courtesy of Carolyn Smotherman)
Mrs.
Abram Claxton of Fall Creek died last Sunday.
Abraham
and Margaret’s children lived all their lives in the Halls
Mill/Fall Creek area with the exception of John Albert who moved to
Nashville in the 1920s. Their four daughters never married and
lived on the farm with their mother, and, after her death, with their
brothers.
(2.1)
William
Harvey Claxton
[Sibling
list]
The
first child of Abraham Claxton and Margaret Parsons:
Born:
3 Nov 1851 in Bedford Co., TN
Died:
30 Nov 1921 at his home near Fall Creek, Bedford Co., TN
Buried:
(New) Crowell Chapel Cemetery,
Bedford Co., TN
Married:
Margaret “Maggie” Jones in about 1905
Born:
8 May 1860 in TN
Died:
25 Nov 1925 <Bedford Co.>, TN
Buried:
(New) Crowell Chapel Cemetery,
Bedford Co., TN
Maggie
was the daughter of Lawrence “Larry” and Nancy Jones who
were buried in the Collier-Jones Cemetery in Bedford Co. According
to TN census records William and Maggie lived their whole life
farming in Civil District 8 of Bedford Co. They had no
children. William’s two sisters, Arena and Genoa, lived
on the farm with them until William’s death in 1921.
The
Shelbyville Times-Gazette, Dec. 1921
(Courtesy
of Doyle Landers)
Mr.
W. H. Claxton died at his home near Fall Creek Wednesday morning
last. His death occurring in ten minutes after he was stricken
with illness. Deceased was a worthy and highly esteemed
citizen, a lifelong resident of the community, and had many friends
who were shocked and grieved by his sudden death. He leaves his
wife and several brothers to mourn his death. He was about 70
years of age at the time of his death. Funeral services were held
Thursday by Rev. C.H. Armstrong and burial was in the Thompson
(Crowell Chapel) graveyard.
From
the book: A Pictorial History of Bedford County, 1994, by The
Shelbyville Times-Gazette, page 110.
The
second child of Abraham Claxton and Margaret Parsons:
Born:
27 Oct 1853 At Home in Bedford Co., TN
Died:
8 Feb 1951 At Home, Unionville, Bedford Co., TN
Buried:
(New) Crowell Chapel Cemetery,
Bedford Co., TN
Arena
never married and lived her whole life on the farm with her mother
and later with her brothers. She died at the age of 98 from a fractured hip and was
buried in the (New) Crowell Cemetery next to her older sister, Genoa.
(2.3)
Margaret
Ann Claxton
[Sibling
list]
The
third child of Abraham Claxton and Margaret Parsons:
Born:
1855 in <Bedford Co.>,TN
Died:
8 Jan 1899 <Bedford Co.>, TN
Buried:
(New) Crowell Cemetery, Bedford Co., TN
According
to family sources, Margaret never married and was buried in the (New)
Crowell Chapel Cemetery without a marker. She died at the age
of 44.
(2.4)
Palistine “Tiny” Claxton
[Sibling
list]
The
fourth child of Abraham Claxton and Margaret Parsons:
Born:
2 Dec 1856 in <Bedford Co.>,TN
Died:
6 Mar 1881 <Bedford Co.>, TN
Buried:
(Old) Crowell Chapel Cemetery, Bedford Co., TN
“Tiny”
never married and died at the age of 24. She was buried in the
(Old) Crowell Chapel Cemetery next to Mary Rebecca Loyd, her
brother's (George) 1st
wife.
The
fifth child of Abraham Claxton and Margaret Parsons:
Born:
17 Apr 1858 in Bedford Co., TN
Died:
21 Nov 1952 in Bedford Co., TN
Buried:
(New) Crowell Chapel
Cemetery, Halls Mill, Bedford Co., TN
Married:(1)Mary Rebecca Loyd 27 Oct 1884
Born:
11 June 1864 in Bedford Co., TN
Died:
21 Jun 1906 in Bedford Co., TN
Buried:
(Old) Crowell Chapel Cemetery, Bedford Co., TN
Children:
7
(2)
Isabelle Moulder
Burrum 18 Nov 1909,
Bedford Co., TN
Born:
3 Nov 1869 in <Fall Creek, Bedford Co., TN>
Died:
28 Jul 1924 in Bedford Co., TN
Buried:
(New) Crowell Chapel Cemetery,
Halls Mill, Bedford Co., TN
Children:
2
(3)
Alvie Stevenson Parker
17 Oct 1929, Bedford
Co., TN
Born:
12 May 1871 in Bedford Co., TN
Died:
24 Jun 1935 in Bell Buckle, Bedford Co., TN
Buried:
Hazel Cemetery, Bell Buckle, Bedford Co., TN
Children:
None
Born:
1868
Died:
Unknown
Buried:
Unknown
Children:
None
George’s
1st wife, Mary Rebecca Loyd, was the daughter of William
J. Loyd and Rhoda Ann Shelton of Bedford Co. Mary was from a
family of at least 13 children and her twin sister, Susan Jane Loyd,
married George’s younger brother, John Albert Claxton.
Mary was buried next to Palistine “Tiny” Claxton in the
(Old) Crowell Chapel Cemetery. During George and Mary’s
22 years of marriage they had seven children.
1.
Ollie Mae Claxton 1885 -
1970
2.
Robert Hayes Claxton 1886 -
1921
3.
Abraham C. Claxton 1888 - 1966
4.
William Henry Claxton
1890 - 1919
5.
John Stricklin Claxton
1892 - 1966
6.
Margaret Lee Claxton 1895
- 1984
7.
Stella Elsie Claxton
1903 - 1981
After
the death of Mary, George married (2) Isabelle Moulder Burrum 18 Nov
1909 in Bedford Co. Isabelle was the daughter of Samuel Kimbro
Moulder and Rosanna Pickle. George, Isabelle, and her parents were
buried in the (New) Crowell Chapel Cemetery, Halls Mill. Isabelle's
previous husband was Andrew Jackson Burrum and they had four
children.
(Note:
Rosanna Pickle was the Aunt of both George W. Pickle who married
Alice Claxton, and, Minerva “Tiny” Palistine Pickle who
married Harvey Andrew Claxton.)
George
and Isabelle were married for about 15 years and had two children.
8.
Harvie Wayne Claxton
1911 - 2003
9.
Annie Bell Claxton 1915
- 1993
After
the death of Isabelle in 1924, George married (3) Alvie Stevenson
Parker 17 Oct 1929 in Bedford Co. She was buried in the Hazel Cemetery in Bell Buckle as Alvie S. Parker (with her first husband). Alvie was the daughter of
Thomas Stevenson and Sarah E. Pruitt. George married (4) Babe Mincey
5 May 1938 in Bedford Co. There were no children from these two
marriages.
George
and Mary Loyd Claxton's seven children:
(2.5.1)
Ollie
Mae Claxton
[Sibling
list] was born 1 Mar 1885 in Bedford Co., TN and died 1 Feb 1970.
(1942 Pictures: Small fam. group
Large fam. group] Ollie married (1)
Emory Elvin Faris. Emory was born 1 Mar 1877 and died in 1953.
He was the son of William L. Faris and Amanda Kirk. Emory was
buried in the Unionville Cemetery, Bedford Co. beside his two
previous wives. Ollie married (2) William Henry Foote Neal on 25 Mar
1916. He was born 27 Aug 1851 and died in 1928. William
was the son of Newton Foote Neal and Elizabeth Jane Moore.
Ollie was buried in the Unionville Cemetery as Ollie Faris Neal next
to William F. Neal. Ollie had no known children.
(2.5.2)
Robert
“Bob” Hayes Claxton
[Sibling
list] was born 20 Dec 1886 in Fall Creek, Bedford Co., TN and died
18 May 1921 in Duck River, Bedford Co. Bob married Emma Lee Neeley 19
Nov 1905. Emma was born 25 Jun 1885 in Fall Creek, TN and died
11 Nov 1966 in the Bedford County Nursing Home. She was the
daughter of William Allen Neeley and Pamelia “Mealie”
F. Smith. Bob was a farmer all his life in the area of Halls
Mill Rd. in the 8th
Civil
District of Bedford Co. near his father. Bob drowned in the
Duck River near their home at the age of 34. Emma remained on
the farm and raised their four children. Bob and Emma, as well as her
parents, were buried in the (New)
Crowell Chapel Cemetery, Halls Mill.
The
following was the newspaper article courtesy of Doyle Landers,
grandson:
The
Shelbyville Gazette, May 1921
Mr.
Robert Hayes Claxton was drowned in Duck River Wednesday afternoon at
a point on the Frazier farm about four miles and a half West of
Shelbyville. Mr. Claxton in company with his brother (Cousin)
from Nashville and the two little sons of the latter had gone with
the boys to the river and the two boys were in the water when one of
them was noticed to be struggling in the water beyond his depth and
the uncle (Cousin)
jumped in to save him.
The boy had been rescued when he himself sank and did not rise again,
supposed to have been seized with cramps. The body was recovered
later on in the evening about a hundred yards below where the
drowning occurred.
Mr.
Claxton was between 30 and 35 years of age and leaves a wife and
three (four) children
to mourn his untimely death. He was buried in the Thompson (Crowell's
Chapel) graveyard near
Halls Mill on Thursday. His death is a sad blow to his wife and
family.
A
note from Doyle: “As
for the drowning, yes it was my grandfather's (Papa) 2nd cousin,
William Howard Claxton (son of John Albert Claxton). The two boys
were Leland who was 13 at the time, and Neeley who was 6 at the time
(sons of William Howard). I cannot remember which one of them it was
that Papa saved from drowning.”
Emma
later married (2) Thomas Bogle Jackson on 17 Jul 1934. This was
also a second marriage for Bogle. He was born 2 Nov 1878 in
Rutherford Co., TN and died 11 Mar 1963 in Shelbyville. Bogle
was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co,
TN with his 1st wife.
Bob
and Emma’s four children:
(2.5.2.1)
Mattie May Claxton was born 1
Jan 1907 and died 14 Sep 1994 in Shelbyville, Bedford Co., TN.
(Fam. group picture] Mattie married
Robert Allen Lawwell 24 Dec 1926. Robert was born 16 Apr 1904
and died 2 Mar 1980 in Shelbyville. He was the son of William
Henry Lawwell and Mary Octtia Ernhart of Bedford Co. Mattie was
buried in the Crowell Cemetery, Bedford Co. They had nine
children.
(2.5.2.1.1)
Mary Lee Lawwell was born 13 Sep
1927 and died 1 May 1977 in Shelbyville. Mary married Joseph
Thomas Cartwright 14 Jun 1947. Joseph was born 8 Mar 1923 and died 10
Sep 1989 in Shelbyville. Both were buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Shelbyville. They had two
daughters.
(2.5.2.1.2)
Evelyn Lawwell was born 4 Nov 1928
and died 7 Feb 2013 in Shelbyville. Evelyn married Joe Leonard
Irwin 29 Jun 1946. Leonard was born 23 Jul 1925. They had
two daughters. Evelyn was buried in the Hillcrest Memorial
Gardens, Shelbyville.
(2.5.2.1.3)
James Avery Lawwell was born 17 Jul 1930 and died 1 Sep 2011 at the
VA Hospital in Nashville. James married Melba Philliphilla
Runions Campbell 12 Jul 1973. Melba was born 12 Jul 1931
and died 16 Feb 2004 in Shelbyville, TN. James was buried in
the Crowell Chapel Cemetery, Bedford Co.
(2.5.2.1.4)
William Robert Lawwell was born 22 Apr 1932 and died 19 Oct 2011 in
Murfreesboro, TN. He married Dorothy June Yoes 7 Apr 1956.
Dorothy was born 11 Oct 1934 and died 20 May 2007 in Rutherford Co.,
TN. They had three sons and two daughters.
(2.5.2.1.5)
Thomas Edward Lawwell was born 14 Aug 1934. Thomas married
Donna Jane Nichols who was born 24 Sep 1935.
(2.5.2.1.6)
Ethel Mai/Mae Lawwell was born 12
Jan 1938. Ethel married Homer Thomas Kelly, Jr. Homer was
born 4 Oct 1936. They had a son and a daughter.
(2.5.2.1.7)
Nancy Jane “Janie” Lawwell
was born 13 Jun 1940. Janie married (1) Everette Donald
Stephens 23 Nov 1958. Everette was born 2 Nov 1938. Janie
married (2) Bob Burke after 1975. Janie and Everette had four
daughters.
(2.5.2.1.8)
Linda Gail Lawwell was born 10 Oct
1942. Linda married Ernest Fuller Limbo 11 Feb 1962.
Ernest was born 4 May 1938. They had two sons.
(2.5.2.1.9)
Jimmy Larry Lawwell was born 30 Sep 1944. Jim married Elizabeth
Geraldine Dye 26 Aug 1967. Elizabeth was born 7 Apr 1946. They
had a daughter and a son.
(2.5.2.2)
Tiny Hayes Claxton, the second
child of Bob Claxton and Emma Neeley, was born 6 Aug 1912 and died 31
Oct 1982 in the Bedford County General Hospital in Shelbyville,
Bedford Co., TN. Tiny married James Franklin “Frank”
Sanders about 1929. Frank was born 24 Dec 1908 and died 4 Feb
1979 in Shelbyville. Frank was the son of George J. Sanders and
Maggie Pressgrove. Frank and Tiny lived in Crowell Town,
Bedford Co. He was a retired employee of Uniroyal. Tiny,
Frank, and his parents were buried in the Pressgrove Cemetery near
Three Corner Garden, Bedford Co. They had four children.
(2.5.2.2.1)
Emma Pauline Sanders was born 16
Jul 1930. Pauline married James Williams “JW”
Woodson 12 Dec 1948. JW was born 13 Jun 1927 in Bedford Co. and
died 27 Oct 1995 in the Bedford County General Hospital. His
parents were Robert Lee Woodson and Sabina Molder. JW was
retired from the Arnold Engineering Development Center and pastor of The Lord’s House Church in Rockvale, TN.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army during WWII. Pauline and JW
had one son.
(2.5.2.2.2)
Annie T. Sanders was born 30 Aug
1932. Annie
married Earl Gaither Harris 17 Sep 1953. Earl was born 13 Aug
1929. They had one son and three daughters.
(2.5.2.2.3)
James Milton Sanders was born 15
Nov 1934 and died 10 Dec 1995. Milton married Mary Florence
Adcock 25 Dec 1957. Mary was born 28 Jul 1937. They had
two daughters and one son.
(2.5.2.2.4)
Roger Dale Sanders was born 1 Jul 1953. Dale married (1) Rebecca Sue
Puckett 28 Apr 1972. Rebecca was born 5 Jan 1955. Dale married (2)
Marylin Martin Cochran and (3) Kathy Lynn Lamb 3 Oct 1986. Dale
and Rebecca had <three> children.
(2.5.2.3)
Macon Louise Claxton, the third child of Bob Claxton and Emma Neeley,
was born 28 Jun 1915 in Fall Creek, Bedford Co., TN and died 16 Apr
2001 in the Bedford County General Hospital in Shelbyville.
Macon married Guy Freeland Landers.
Guy was born 14 Sep 1913 at Zion Hill Road near Poplin's Crossroad,
Bedford Co. and died 26 Aug 1978 in the Veterans Hospital in
Nashville. He served in the U. S. Navy during WWII. He was the
son of Lot Chatman Landers and Eunice Anna Moore of Bedford Co. Guy
married (2) Rosie Stacy after 1960. Macon and Guy were buried
in the Pressgrove Cemetery. They had one son.
(2.5.2.3.1)
Doyle Chatman Landers was born
21 Jun 1939 in Longview, Bedford Co. (Fam.
group picture]
Doyle
married Betty Lorraine Thompson. They had one son and two
daughters.
Note:
I am so thankful to Doyle Chatman Landers who shared so much of his
family information and photos with me.
(2.5.2.4)
Harold Newton Claxton was born
7 Aug 1918 and died 3 Apr 1979 in the Memphis City Hospital, Shelby
Co., TN. (Fam. group picture]
Harold was crippled by polio and lived most of his life in
Memphis. Harold was buried in the Crowell Chapel Cemetery of
Bedford Co. He never married.
(2.5.3)
Abraham
C. “Abe” Claxton,
[Sibling list] the third child of
George W. Claxton and Mary Rebecca Loyd, was born 23 Oct 1888 in Fall
Creek, Bedford Co., TN and died 28 Aug 1966 in Bedford Co.
(1942 Pictures: Small fam. group
Large fam. group] “Abe”
married Margaret Ellen Simmons 18 Jun 1911. Margaret was born 6
Mar 1880 and died 11 Mar 1955 at their home in Bedford Co. She
was the daughter of Thomas Franklin Simmons and Sarah “Sallie”
Hall Anderson who lived in the 11th
Civil
District west of Halls Mill. “Abe” and Margaret
lived and farmed at Poplin's Crossroads in the 11th
Civil
District of Bedford Co. They had no children. Both were buried
in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery about one mile west of Poplin's
Crossroads.
(Note:
Sarah Anderson was a sister to Mary Ann Anderson who married Jonathan
“John” Claxton, Abraham’s brother.)
(2.5.4)
William
Henry Claxton [Sibling
list] was born 5 Sep 1890 in Fall Creek, Bedford Co., TN and died
1 May 1919 in France during WWI. “Will” was buried
14 Aug 1921 in the (New) Crowell Chapel
Cemetery. His headstone reads “Our Soldier Boy”.
“Will” never married.
Published
in “Obituaries of Our Ancestors” by Jerry W. Cook.
(Courtesy
of Carolyn Smotherman)
The
Shelbyville Gazette, June 26, 1919
Official
news has recently been received by Mr. Geo. W. Claxton of this county
that his son, Mr. Will H. Claxton was killed in France last fall
while in action with the American Army. Nothing had been heard
from him for some time and the news received at last came in reply to
letters and inquiries of relatives.
The
Shelbyville Gazette, July 3, 1919
Included
in a list of those killed overseas:
Pvt.
W. H. Claxton, father G. W. Claxton, Shelbyville.
(2.5.5)
John
Stricklin Claxton,
[Sibling list] the fifth child of
George W. Claxton and Mary Rebecca Loyd, was born 15 Aug 1892 in Fall
Creek, Bedford Co., TN and died 24 Apr 1966 in Shelbyville. (1942
Pictures: Small fam. group
Large fam. group] John married
Mattie Lou Robertson 9 Mar 1914.
Mattie was born 19 Dec 1892 in Wheel, Bedford Co., TN and died on 17
Jul 1983 in the Bedford Co. Nursing Home in Shelbyville. Mattie was
the daughter of William Henry Robertson and Mary Etta Darnell. John
and Mattie were buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Shelbyville. They
had four children.
(2.5.5.1)
Comer Lee Claxton was born 11 Feb 1915 and died 13 Apr 1974 in the
Bedford County General Hospital. Comer married Mary Kathleen Moore 16
Dec 1934. Mary was born 3 Jun 1914 and died 8 Oct 1984 in TN.
Comer was born and raised in Bedford Co. and was a machinist.
Comer and Mary were buried in the New
Crowell Chapel Cemetery, Halls Mill, Bedford Co. They had three
children.
(2.5.5.1.1)
Donnie Gene Claxton was born 6 Mar
1936 and died 19 Jul 1995 in TN. Donnie married Maria
Estella Landin 21 Dec 1957. Maria was born 21 Apr 1936.
They had two sons and one daughter.
(2.5.5.1.2)
Comer Claxton was born 28 Sep 1937 and died as an infant on 3
Oct 1937 in Bedford Co. He was buried in the New Crowell Chapel
Cemetery, Halls Mill.
(2.5.5.1.3)
Judith “Judy” Ann Claxton was born 23 Nov 1945.
Judy married Gary Newton Crockett 17 Aug 1963. They had one
son.
(2.5.5.2)
Herbert Allen Claxton, the second child of John Stricklin Claxton and
Mattie Lou Richardson, was born 26 Feb 1918 in TN and died 29 Dec
1996 in Shelbyville. Allen married Lorene
Crowell who was born 5 Jun 1918, Bedford Co. and died 21 May 1983
in the Bedford County General Hospital in Shelbyville. Lorene was the
daughter of David Earnest Crowell and Nancy Marlin. Allen and
Lorene were buried in the Crowell Chapel
Cemetery, Halls Mill, Bedford Co. They had two children.
(2.5.5.2.1)
Coy Allen Claxton was born 12 Sep
1936. Coy married Ann Marie Overcast 8 Dec 1956. Ann was born 16 Oct
1934. They had three sons.
(2.5.5.2.2)
George Wayne Claxton was born 7 Mar 1945. George married (1) Marilyn
Elaine Roberts 28 Jan 1967. He married (2) Hazel Lynn McKay Crabtree
7 Oct 1973. George had two sons, one from each marriage.
(2.5.5.3)
Claude Claxton was born 2 Jan 1920 in TN. Claude married (1) Wilsey
Ashby 6 Feb 1936. He married (2) Angie Alene Modrall in Mar
1948. Claude and Wilsey had one known child.
(2.5.5.3.1)
Melba Marie Claxton was born 7 Jun 1939. Melba married Randolph
Scott. They had two sons.
(2.5.5.4)
Carrie Ruth Claxton was born 28 Mar 1925 in Bedford Co., TN and died
15 May 2006 in the Centennial Medical Center in Nashville.
Carrie Ruth married George Everette Bledsoe. George was born 20
Feb 1923 and died 21 Oct 1996 in Shelbyville. George and Carrie
owned and operated a Ford tractor dealership in Shelbyville for over
20 years. Carrie served as the treasurer for the Crowell’s
Chapel Lutheran Church for many years. Carrie Ruth and George had one
known child.
(2.5.5.4.1)
Cozette Mitchelene Bledsoe was born 6 Aug 1954. Coyette married
Michael Bledson Clark. They had two children.
(2.5.6)
Margaret
Lee “Maggie” Claxton,
[Sibling list] the sixth child of
George Washington Claxton and Mary Rebecca Loyd, was born 6 Apr 1895
in Bedford Co., TN and died 21 Mar 1984 in the Bedford County General
Hospital. (1942 Pictures: Small fam.
group Large fam. group]
“Maggie”,
at the age of 14, married Joshua Calvin Crowell 23 Dec 1909.
Joshua was born 1 Apr 1887 in TN and died 23 May 1947. He was the son
of John C. Crowell and Margaret Ann Parsons. “Maggie”
and Joshua lived in the 11th
Civil
District near Unionville. After the death of Joshua, “Maggie”
married (2) Johnnie Allen White 27 May 1950. Johnnie died in
1979. "Maggie" and Joshua were buried in the Willow Mount
Cemetery. “Maggie” and Joshua had four children.
(2.5.6.1)
Mary Aline Crowell was born 19 Nov 1910 in Bedford Co. and died 1 Oct
1990 in the Bedford County Nursing Home. Aline married James
Forrest Boyce who was born 30 Jun 1913 and died 31 Oct 1973 in the
Bedford County General Hospital. He was the son of Van Warren Boyce
and Alda Epperson. Forrest and Aline farmed in the Wheel
community of Bedford Co. for several years. Forrest was also in
the dairy business for over 20 years. Both were buried in the
Simpson Cemetery, Rover, Bedford Co. They had seven
children.
(2.5.6.1.1)
Margaret Ann Boyce was born 3 Oct 1933. Margaret married Hayden
Evans 4 Oct 1953. They had three children.
(2.5.6.1.2)
Marvin Bryan Boyce was born 30 Nov 1935. Marvin married Jerry
Sue Fulton 9 Aug 1958. Jerry was born 5 Sep 1938. They had one
daughter and two sons.
(2.5.6.1.3)
Jewel Hazel Boyce was born 20 Apr 1938. Jewel married Luther Jarrell
Williams 6 Apr 1957. Luther was born 16 Sep
1928. They had two daughters and one son.
(2.5.6.1.4)
James Edward Boyce was born 13 Jun 1939 and died young 10 Jan 1942.
James was buried in the New Crowell Chapel Cemetery, Halls Mill,
Bedford Co.
(2.5.6.1.5)
Joe Winfried Boyce was born 9 Aug 1943. Joe married Linda Faye
Williams 14 Feb 1966. Linda was born
22 May 1951. They had two sons and one daughter.
(2.5.6.1.6)
Frank Allen Boyce was born 4 Jul 1945. Frank married Mamie Jean
Tucker 29 Jun 1968. Mamie was born 19 Oct 1950. They had
three sons.
(2.5.6.1.7)
Billy Ray Boyce was born 12 May 1952 and died 31 Mar 1986 at the
Westside Hospital in Nashville. Billy married Phyliss Burgess 27 Jun
1976. Phyliss was born 13 Apr 1957.
(2.5.6.2)
James Alvis Crowell was born 17 May 1913 and died 23 Nov 1944 in Shelbyville at the age of 31. James married Mary
Elizabeth Stephens 4 Jul 1939. Mary was born 2 Sep 1918. James and
Mary owned and operated the Crowell Steak House and had previously
operated the City Café in Shelbyville. James and Mary were
buried in the Willow Mount Cemetery in Shelbyville. They had no
children.
(2.5.6.3)
Dorothy Evelyn Crowell was born 14 Jul 1920 in TN and died as an
infant 31 Oct 1920 in Bedford Co. She was buried in the
New Crowell Chapel Cemetery, Halls Mill, Bedford Co.
(2.5.6.4)
Dewey Winford Crowell was born 3 May 1923 in Bedford Co. and died 13
Nov 1980 at the Bedford County General Hospital. Dewey married
Lois Willadean Payne who was born 9 Jan 1930 in Morgan Co., AL and died 12 Oct 1992 in Los Angeles, CA. Dewey
was a veteran of WWII and later worked for the city of Titusville,
Florida. Lois later moved to Los Angeles, CA apparently to live near
her daughter. Dewey and Lois were buried in the Willow Mount Cemetery
in Shelbyville. They had one child.
(2.5.6.4.1)
Marsha Lynn Crowell was born 5 Sep 1955. Lynn married Larry
Leach.
(2.5.7)
Stella
Elsie Claxton,
[Sibling list] the seventh child of
George Washington Claxton and Mary Rebecca Loyd, was born 1 Sep 1903
in TN and died 9 Jan 1981. (1942 Pictures: Small
fam. group Large fam.
group] Stella married (1) Carl Moulder 17 Aug 1917 for a short
period of time. She later married (2) James Samuel Gassaway 3 Jun
1929. James was the son of Joel Leleon Gassaway and Maggie
Thomas. James was born 16 Jan 1904 in TX and died 25 Jan 1982
in TN. Stella and James were buried in the Willow Mount
Cemetery in Shelbyville. They had two children.
(2.5.7.1)
Modeana Gassaway was born 2 Mar
1930. Modeana married William Thompson Holden who was born 8
Apr 1922 and died 10 Feb 1973 in TN. They had five children.
(2.5.7.1.1)
Carolyn Faye Holden was born 21 Jul 1951. Carolyn married
Richard Robinson.
(2.5.7.1.2)
William Wayne Holden was born 13 Oct 1953.
(2.5.7.1.3)
Jerry Westley Holden was born 13 Oct 1955 in Shelbyville. Jerry
married Geraldine Parker 21 Sep 1974. Geraldine was born 7 May
1955.
(2.5.7.1.4)
Betty Joe Holden was born 22 Nov 1957 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co,
TN.
(2.5.7.1.5)
James Phillip Holden was born 12 Dec 1959.
(2.5.7.2)
James Melvin Gassaway was born 23
Oct 1935 and died 13 Apr 2003 in Shelbyville, Bedford Co., TN. James
married Virginia Elizabeth Cook who was born 16 Jun 1936. They
had two sons.
(2.5.7.2.1)
Marty Berry Gassaway was born 2 Jan 1954. Marty married
Geraldine Andrews. Geraldine was born 3 Jul 1954. They
had at least one daughter.
(2.5.7.2.2)
Mitchell Aldridge Gassaway was born 26 Aug 1964. Mitchell
married Tammy Melinda Matthews 1 Jul 1988.
George
W. Claxton and Isabelle Moulder’s two children:
(2.5.8)
Harvie
Wayne Claxton [Sibling
list] was born 10 Dec 1911 in Bedford Co., TN and died 29 May 2003
in the Bedford Co. Medical Center in Shelbyville. (1942
Pictures: Small fam. group
Large fam. group] Harvie
married (1) Gladys Bell Clanton
17 Dec 1931. Gladys was born 12 Sep 1908 and died in 12 Oct
1990. Harvie married (2) Mary Irene Lemmons who was born 15 Sep
1913 and died 1 Aug 2000 in Shelbyville. Gladys and Harvie were
buried in the Willow Mount Cemetery in Shelbyville. They had
two children.
(2.5.8.1)
Mary Frances Claxton was born 31
Dec 1931. Mary married Russell Earl Smotherman 29 Aug 1953.
Russell was born 29 Aug 1929 and was the son of Horace Greely and
Alice Virginia Smotherman. Mary and Russell had one son.
(2.5.8.1.1)
Wendell Carl Smotherman was born in 1955.
(2.5.8.2)
William Harvey Claxton
(2.5.9)
Annie
Bell Claxton
[Sibling
list] was born 26 Sep 1915 and died 17 Nov 1993 in the Glen Oaks
Convalescent Center, Shelbyville. (1942 Pictures: Small
fam. group Large fam.
group] Annie married John Edd
Harrison 22 Dec 1934 in Shelbyville. John was born 25 Aug
1914 and died in Aug 1987 in Shelbyville. Annie and John were
most likely buried in the Pressgrove Cemetery, Bedford Co.
Annie and John had one known child.
(2.5.9.1)
Ronnie Edwin Harrison was born 11 Nov 1947. Ronnie married
Janice Fay Bennett 8 Apr 1967. Janice was born 20 Apr 1948.
They had one son and one daughter.
(2.6)
Genoa Alice Claxton
[Sibling
list]
The
sixth child of Abraham Claxton and Margaret Parsons:
Born:
5 Jan 1861 in Bedford Co., TN
Died:
16 Nov 1920 in Bedford Co., TN
Buried:
(New) Crowell Chapel Cemetery,
Halls Mill, Bedford Co., TN
Genoa died from Brights disease at home. She was buried next to her sister,
Arena, in the Crowell Chapel Cemetery. Genoa was referred to as
Sarah on the 1870 Bedford Co. census record, but all other records
show her name as Genoa A. or Genoa Alice.
She
never married.
(2.7)
John
Albert Claxton
[Sibling
list]
The
seventh child of Abraham Claxton and Margaret Parsons:
Born:
18 Aug 1864 in Shelbyville, Bedford Co., TN
Died:
25 Oct 1940 in General Hospital in Nashville, Davidson Co., TN
Buried:
(New) Crowell Chapel
Cemetery, Hall Mill, Bedford Co., TN
Married:
Susan Jane Loyd 11 Aug 1884 in Bedford Co., TN
Born:
11 Jun 1864
Died:
16 May 1937
Buried:
(New) Crowell Chapel Cemetery,
Hall Mill, Bedford Co., TN
Susan
was the twin sister to Mary Rebecca Loyd who married John’s
brother, George. John was a farmer for a while in the 8th
Civil District and later moved to Nashville where he worked for the
Highway Department. They had one son.
(2.7.1)
William Howard Claxton
was born 9 Jun 1885 in Bedford
Co. and died 10 Sep 1962 in Nashville, Davidson Co., TN. Howard
married Sarah Alice “Allie” Neeley on 3 Dec 1905.
Allie was born 24 Apr 1888 and died 27 May 1980 in TN. Both
were buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Nashville. Allie was
the younger sister of Emma Lee Neeley, wife of Robert “Bob”
Hayes Claxton. Howard and Allie had five children.
(2.7.1.1)
Leland Claxton was born 28 Feb 1908 and died 26 Oct 1988.
Leland married Bonnie Myrtle Chandler 20 Dec 1931. Bonnie was born 31
Aug 1909. and died 15 Dec 1994. They had two children.
(2.7.1.1.1)
John William Claxton was born 20 Jul 1938. John married Edith
Flowers. Edith was born 14 Jul 1942
and died 9 Jan 1975. They had one daughter.
(2.7.1.1.2)
Beverly Margaret Claxton was born 26 Jul 1940. Beverly married
Phillip Dolton 5 Jul 1963. Phillip was born 8 May 1940. They
had one son and one daughter.
(2.7.1.2)
Neeley Philander Claxton was born 22 Jul 1915 and died 23 Feb 1992.
Neeley married (1) Oleda Birdie Reed 28 Aug 1938. Oleda was
born 8 Jun 1916 and died 2 Sep 1973. After the death of Oleda,
Neeley married (2) Sara Stephens Miller 11 Jul 1974.
Neeley and Oleda had two children.
(2.7.1.2.1)
Robert “Bob” Claxton was born 12 Aug 1939. “Bob”
married Sue Carole Hooberry 30 Sep 1962. Sue was born 17 Apr 1942.
(2.7.1.2.2)
Burton Reed Claxton was born 15 Oct 1942. Burton married Sandra
June Turner 23 Dec 1961. Sandra was born 27 Jun 1942. They had
two sons.
(2.7.1.3)
William Melvin Claxton was born 3 Dec 1918. William married Frances
Elizabeth Sullivan 16 Feb 1957. Frances was born 30 Oct 1916.
(2.7.1.4)
Donna Virginia Claxton was born 3 Dec 1921. Donna married
Lawrence Benjamin Amos 4 May 1945. Lawrence was born 19 Aug
1915. They had two children.
(2.7.1.4.1)
Sarah Jane Amos was born 3 Jul 1946. Sarah married Johnny Ray
Boyd 31 Jan 1970. Johnny was born 31 Jan 1943. They had
at least one child.
(2.7.1.4.2)
Lawrence Ronald Amos was born 9 Jul 1947. Lawrence married
Shelia Sue Broach 5 Aug 1967. Shelia was born 5 Sep 1950.
They had at least one child.
(2.7.1.5)
Rubye Frances Claxton, the fifth child of Howard Claxton and
Allie Neeley, was born 24 Jan 1927. She married (1) Jessie
Lee Shockley in 1945 and married (2) Alexander Arneson 23 Mar 1946.
Alex was born 25 Jan 1922. Rubye and Alex had five children.
(2.7.1.5.1)
Douglas Arneson was born 24 Dec 1946. Douglas married Katherine
Acker 11 Nov 1977. Katherine was born 19 Mar 1947. They
had two sons and two daughters.
(2.7.1.5.2)
Theresa Ann Arneson was born 27 May 1950.
(2.7.1.5.3)
Mark Alexander Arneson was born 24 Dec 1951 and died as an infant 8
Feb 1952.
(2.7.1.5.4)
Mary Beth Arneson was born 16 Jan 1953. Mary married Gregory
Allen Balka 28 Jun 1980. Gregory was born 19
May 1952.
(2.7.1.5.5)
Eric Jon Arneson was born 9 Jan 1955.
Sources:
Shelbyville
Times-Gazette, Shelbyville, Bedford Co., TN
Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958, Ancestry.com
Bedford Co., TN
Census Records
Bradley, Lanny
(Cook Family of Bedford Co., TN)
Cemetery Markers
Cemetery
Records of Bedford County Tennessee, 1985, Helen & Timothy
Marsh
Davidson Co., TN
Census Records
Descendants of
David Claxton by Marvin Claxton
History of
Rover & the 10th District of Bedford Co,
TN, 1998. Vol II
Hoover Funeral
Home Records
Landers, Doyle
Chatman (gg-grandson to Abraham Claxton)
Neill, Robin
Clark
Obituaries
Sadler, Dorothy Fisher
Sadler, Dorothy Fisher
Social Security
Death Index
Tennessee
State Marriages, 1780-2002, Ancestry.com
WWI Draft
Registration Cards
Robert
"Bob" Hayes Claxton & daughter, Mattie
May.Bob
was the second child of
George W. & Mary Loyd Claxton. (Photo courtesy of Doyle Landers)
George W. & Mary Loyd Claxton. (Photo courtesy of Doyle Landers)
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The
George Washington Claxton Family Reunion - June 1942
Back
L-R: George's children- Ollie
Mae, Stella Elsie, Margaret
Lee, John Stricklin, Abraham
C., Annie
Bell, Harvey Wayne.
(Photo courtesy of Doyle Landers)
(Photo courtesy of Doyle Landers)
(Photo
courtesy of Doyle Landers)
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The George Washington Claxton Family
(Courtesy of Doyle Landers)
Moving your
cursor over people in the picture will show their names.
Clicking on them will take you to their names in the text.
Clicking on them will take you to their names in the text.
Front L-R: Annie
T. Sanders Harris, Mary Frances
Claxton Smotherman, Coy Allen Claxton,
Donnie Gene Claxton, James
Milton Sanders, James Melvin
Gassaway.
Sitting L-R: Arena
Claxton, George Washington Claxton,
Babe Mincey Claxton, Harold
Newton Claxton, Mattie May Claxton
(standing) holding Nancy Jane Lawwell
Stephens Burke, Emma Pauline Sanders
Woodson (in front of Harold), Ethel
Mae Lawwell Kelly, Linda Gail Lawwell
(turned from the camera)
Back L-R: Behind Arena is
Mary Lee Lawwell Cartwright, behind
her is Ollie Mae Claxton Neal Faris
and Modena Gassaway Holden, Behind
George with white collar is Evelyn
Lawwell Irwin, behind her is Lorene
Crowell Claxton, tall man with hat is John
Stricklin Claxton, short woman beside John is Margaret
Lee Claxton Crowell White, woman behind Babe Mincey (white coat)
is Tiny Hayes Claxton Sanders, behind
her is Gladys Bell Clanton Claxton,
woman behind Harold is Mattie Lou
Robertson Claxton, behind her is Stella
Elsie Claxton
Moulder Gassaway, man holding child is Guy
Freeland Landers and son, Doyle Chatman
Landers, Harvey Wayne Claxton,
Abraham C. Claxton (veryback, only hat
visible) man next to Abraham, woman at far right Annie
Bell Claxton Harrison (behind the woman at right) and John
Edd Harrison (behind Annie Bell)
Photo:
Courtesy of Dorothy Fisher Sadler
William
Harvey & Margaret "Maggie"
Jones Claxton. First child of Abraham &
Margaret Parsons Claxton. Photo: Courtesy of Dorothy Fisher Sadler.
Margaret Parsons Claxton. Photo: Courtesy of Dorothy Fisher Sadler.
Sisters:
Arena E. & Genoa
Alice Claxton. Second & sixth children of Abraham &
Margaret Parsons Claxton. Photo: Findagrave.com.
Margaret Parsons Claxton. Photo: Findagrave.com.
George
Washington & Isabelle
Moulder-Burrum- Claxton (2nd wife).
George was the fifth son of Abraham & Margaret Parsons Claxton. Photo: Findagrave.com.
George was the fifth son of Abraham & Margaret Parsons Claxton. Photo: Findagrave.com.
John
Albert & Susan Jane Loyd
Claxton. John was the seventh child of Abraham &
Margaret Parsons Claxton. Photo: Courtesy of Dorothy Fisher Sadler.
Margaret Parsons Claxton. Photo: Courtesy of Dorothy Fisher Sadler.
Robert
Hayes & & Emma Neeley Claxton.
"Bob" was second child of George W. &
Mary Rebecca Loyd Claxton. Photo: Courtesy of Dorothy Fisher Sadler.
Mary Rebecca Loyd Claxton. Photo: Courtesy of Dorothy Fisher Sadler.
William
Henry Claxton,
the fourth child of George W. & Mary Rebecca Loyd
Claxton.
Photo: Courtesy of Dorothy Fisher Sadler.
Photo: Courtesy of Dorothy Fisher Sadler.
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Comer
Lee and Herbert Allen were sons of John Stricklin & Mattie
Lou Robertson Claxton, grandsons of George W. & Mary Rebecca
Loyd Claxton. Photo: Courtesy of Dorothy Fisher
Sadler
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