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Broxon Yarbrough Carlisle

Male, #32467, (23 December 1851 - 7 April 1924)

FatherJames M. Carlisle b. 2 Aug 1824, d. c 1864
MotherMartha F. Elliott b. Sep 1828, d. 10 Nov 1916
Broxon Yarbrough Carlisle|b. 23 Dec 1851\nd. 7 Apr 1924|p2030.htm#i32467|James M. Carlisle|b. 2 Aug 1824\nd. circa 1864|p2030.htm#i32469|Martha F. Elliott|b. Sep 1828\nd. 10 Nov 1916|p2030.htm#i32468|Francis Carlile|b. 15 Nov 1786\nd. 29 Jul 1855|p1000.htm#i15985|Mary E. Grant|b. 30 Mar 1792\nd. 18 Jun 1846|p1000.htm#i15986|William Elliott|b. circa 1789\nd. circa 1839|p2004.htm#i32061|Sarah O. Culpepper|b. 5 Feb 1802\nd. 2 Dec 1901|p2004.htm#i32060|

Birth*23 Dec 1851 Broxon was born at Meriwether Co., Georgia, on 23 Dec 1851. 
 He was the son of James M. Carlisle and Martha F. Elliott. 
1860 Census*1860 Broxon listed as a household member living with James M. Carlisle in the 1860 Census at Oak Ridge, Meriwether Co., Georgia. 411. 
Employment* Broxon's occupation: farmer at Randolph Co., Alabama. 
Photographed*23 Nov 1905 He was photographed on 23 Nov 1905 at Randolph Co., Alabama,
Presumed to be Thanksgiving Day, 1905:

Left to right, back row: Coral Lee Carlisle, Mary Emma Carlisle, Artimisha (Motley) Carlisle, Paul Richard Carlisle, being held by his father Washington Homer Carlisle. The seven children on the right side of the photo all belong to Washington Homer.

Middle row, left to right: Mattie (Carlisle) Noel, Boyce Winston Noel, held by his father Walter Winston Noel, Sarah Ann Elizabeth (Stephens) Culpepper (wife of John Malcolm Culpepper), Emily Miriam (Culpepper) Carlisle (wife of B. Y. Carlisle), Miriam Carlisle, Yarbrough Hopkins Carlisle, Hoyt Lorraine Carlisle, Wayne McKinley Carlisle, John D. Carlisle;

Front row, left to right: Richard Henry Carlisle, John Malcolm Culpepper, Broxon Yarbrough Carlisle, William Olin Carlisle.1
Broxon Yarbrough Carlisle family
Death*7 Apr 1924 He died at Alexander City, Tallapoosa Co., Alabama, on 7 Apr 1924. 
Burial* His body was interred at Wadley, Randolph Co., Alabama. 
Biography* B. Y. Carlisle was born and raised in Meriwether Co., GA. He was nine years old when the Civil War began. His father was last seen heading off to War and never returned.

It is not known if the family moved to Randolph Co, AL before or after the War but this is where he married Emily Miriam Culpepper after the War. They settled down to farm and raise their family in Flat Rock, AL. Flat Rock was apparently near Almond, to the west northwest of what is now the town of Wadley, AL. Harold G. Carlisle, a grandnephew of B.Y. Carlisle, wrote:2

My father and son and I made a trip to Alabama in 1972 to try and locate some of the Carlisle's. We visited in Wadley and found Uncle Yarbrough's grave. Also we talked with some people who described an old house west of Wadley, way back in the woods, the old Carlisle place.

This is probably the place that L. Hoyt Kirk, a grandnephew of Mrs. B. Y. (Emily Miriam Culpepper) Yarbrough, remembered visiting circa 1912 or 1913 when he was five or six years old: 3

When I was a small boy, my father and mother visited uncle Yarbrough and Aunt Emily one Sunday in Wadley, Ala. and Uncle Yarbrough had a very large Billy Goat with long horns and I rode the big goat and held on by his long horns. Uncle Yarbrough had a good sense of humor.

A granddaughter, Mrs. G. E. (Katheryn Coker) Bryant, wrote 4 about memories her mother, Mrs. A. (Coral Lee Carlisle) Coker, had of the Carlisle family:

She thinks that all of her father's (Yarbrough's) brothers moved to Killeen, TX and then scattered to other places in Texas.

B. Y. Carlisle died in Alexander City, AL in 1924 at the age of 72. Mrs. M. (Eunice Clegg) Stephens wrote:5

Mr. B. Y. Carlisle and wife, Miriam Emily Culpepper, are buried in the Wadley, AL Cemetery. This cemetery is well kept by the Wadley Baptist, Methodist, and Christian Churches, and relatives and friends. It was for many years known as the "Elliott Cemetery." 

Family
Children

Charts Sarah Culpepper Elliott Descendants
Last Edited 5 Sep 2004

Citations

  1. Correspondence from Dwight L. Carlisle to Lew Griffin.
  2. letter 25 Nov 1978
  3. letter 14 Sep 1992
  4. letter 20 Sep 1978
  5. letter 26 Jan 1979

Martha F. Elliott

Female, #32468, (September 1828 - 10 November 1916)

FatherWilliam Elliott b. c 1789, d. c 1839
MotherSarah O. Culpepper b. 5 Feb 1802, d. 2 Dec 1901
Martha F. Elliott|b. Sep 1828\nd. 10 Nov 1916|p2030.htm#i32468|William Elliott|b. circa 1789\nd. circa 1839|p2004.htm#i32061|Sarah O. Culpepper|b. 5 Feb 1802\nd. 2 Dec 1901|p2004.htm#i32060|||||||John Culpepper of Randolph Co., AL|b. 1 Oct 1772\nd. 13 May 1855|p1973.htm#i31566|Nancy Gillespie|b. circa 1778\nd. 25 Jul 1848|p1974.htm#i31584|

Birth*Sep 1828 Martha was born at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama, in Sep 1828. 
 She was the daughter of William Elliott and Sarah O. Culpepper. 
Census*1830 Martha was in the in 1830 census at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama. 
Marriage*23 Dec 1848 She married James M. Carlisle at Meriwether Co., Georgia, on 23 Dec 1848. 
Married Name23 Dec 1848  As of 23 Dec 1848, her married name was Carlisle. 
Census1850 She was listed as a resident in the census report at Meriwether Co., Georgia, in 1850. 
Death*10 Nov 1916 She died at Moody, McLennan Co., Texas, on 10 Nov 1916. 
Burial* Her body was interred at Buckhorn Cemetery, Moody, McLennan Co., Texas. 
Biography*  Martha was first noted as one of three females under 5 years old in the household of "William Elliot" in the 1830 census of Monroe Co., GA and this is where Martha is presumed to have been born since an older sister, Elizabeth, is known to have been born in Monroe Co., GA. Unfortunately, the three sisters were not noted in their mother's household in the 1840 Monroe Co., GA census. Perhaps one of the girls died young and Martha and her sister, Elizabeth, were in Meriwether Co., GA visiting their grandparents.
      Martha had apparently moved with her mother and brothers and sisters to Meriwether Co., GA by 1848 since Martha was married there in Dec 1848 to J. M. Carlisle. Martha was noted in the 1850 Meriwether Co., GA census with her husband and infant son. A 30 year old "Martha Carlisle" born in Georgia was noted (411) in the 1860 census of Oak Ridge P. O. district, Meriwether Co., GA with her husband and young family. Sometime before 1870, probably soon after she learned of her husband's death in the Civil War, Martha moved her family to Randolph Co., AL where Martha's mother, Sarah, was living. In the 1870 census, a 45 year old "Martha Carlisle," born in Georgia, was listed (p. 572, family #10) in the Louina P.O. district, (now Wadley), Randolph Co, AL with her younger children. Although some of her children have been identified in the 1880 census records of Randolph and Tallapoosa Co., AL, Martha has not yet been located. But since her younger children married in Tallapoosa Co., AL, Martha is presumed to have moved there, perhaps with her oldest son, William.
      Sometime before 1900, Martha had moved to Texas, probably with the family of her son, Jeremiah Beauregard Carlisle. In the 1900 census Martha was listed (ED 33, p. 14) as living in Bell Co., TX in the household of her son, Jeremiah Beauregard. She was listed as having been born Sep 1828 in Georgia. Harold G. Carlisle wrote, 25 Nov 1978, that "my father [Herbert Raymond Carlisle] knew his grandmother [Mrs. J. M. (Martha Elliott)] Carlisle, who had been an Elliott before marrying." Harold G. Carlisle added, 11 Dec 1978: Dad [Herbert Raymond Carlisle] said his grandmother Carlisle [Martha F. Elliott] lived in their home quite a bit. He said she was a real fine Christian woman. She was very strict in her Sabbath observance. Dad said she seemed somewhat partial to him. She would say, "Herbert, come over here, I've got some coffee fixed."
      Stephen Carlisle, a great grandson of Jeremiah Beauregard Carlisle, wrote, 18 May 1979, that "the reason no one has a picture of James Carlisle's wife [Martha] is because it was destroyed in a fire that burned down the house that J. B. Carlisle lived in at Killeen, Texas...." 

Family

James M. Carlisle b. 2 Aug 1824, d. c 1864
Marriage*23 Dec 1848 She married James M. Carlisle at Meriwether Co., Georgia, on 23 Dec 1848. 
Children

Charts Sarah Culpepper Elliott Descendants
Last Edited 20 Oct 2001

James M. Carlisle

Male, #32469, (2 August 1824 - circa 1864)

FatherFrancis Carlile b. 15 Nov 1786, d. 29 Jul 1855
MotherMary Elizabeth Grant b. 30 Mar 1792, d. 18 Jun 1846
James M. Carlisle|b. 2 Aug 1824\nd. circa 1864|p2030.htm#i32469|Francis Carlile|b. 15 Nov 1786\nd. 29 Jul 1855|p1000.htm#i15985|Mary Elizabeth Grant|b. 30 Mar 1792\nd. 18 Jun 1846|p1000.htm#i15986|James Carlile|b. 23 May 1763\nd. 9 Apr 1842|p999.htm#i15983|Margaret Boles|b. 27 Jan 1762\nd. 13 Aug 1857|p999.htm#i15984|||||||

Birth*2 Aug 1824 James was born at Abbeville District, South Carolina, on 2 Aug 1824. 
 He was the son of Francis Carlile and Mary Elizabeth Grant. 
Employment* James's occupation: farmer at Meriwether Co., Georgia. 
Marriage*23 Dec 1848 He married Martha F. Elliott at Meriwether Co., Georgia, on 23 Dec 1848. 
1850 Census*1850 James was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census in 1850 at Meriwether Co., Georgia.
(27 m-Div 59 p 323 hh 247). 
1860 Census*1860 James was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census at Oak Ridge, Meriwether Co., Georgia. 411. 
Civil War*between 1861 and 1864 He served in the War Between the States between 1861 and 1864. 
Death*circa 1864 He died circa 1864. 
Biography*  William L. Carlisle, on a 6 Jan 1978 Ancestor Chart, noted that James died of typhoid fever during the Civil War. Stephen Carlisle, 18 May 1979, wrote "I can confirm that he did die in the Civil War because my grandfather [Herbert Raymond] Carlisle told me that his grandmother [Mrs. J. M. (Martha Elliott)] Carlisle told him that the last time she saw her husband was when he walked out the front gate (to their house) to enter the Civil War." 

Family

Martha F. Elliott b. Sep 1828, d. 10 Nov 1916
Marriage*23 Dec 1848 He married Martha F. Elliott at Meriwether Co., Georgia, on 23 Dec 1848. 
Children

Last Edited 18 Oct 2008

Sarah Jane Culpepper

Female, #32471, (17 January 1844 - 24 July 1925)

FatherRev. William Henry Culpepper b. 17 Oct 1813, d. 22 Mar 1909
MotherSarah Leslie b. 15 Feb 1808, d. 22 Jan 1849
Sarah Jane Culpepper|b. 17 Jan 1844\nd. 24 Jul 1925|p2030.htm#i32471|Rev. William Henry Culpepper|b. 17 Oct 1813\nd. 22 Mar 1909|p2005.htm#i32073|Sarah Leslie|b. 15 Feb 1808\nd. 22 Jan 1849|p2005.htm#i32074|John Culpepper of Randolph Co., AL|b. 1 Oct 1772\nd. 13 May 1855|p1973.htm#i31566|Nancy Gillespie|b. circa 1778\nd. 25 Jul 1848|p1974.htm#i31584|||||||

Name Variation  Sarah Jane Culpepper was also known as Sallie. 
Birth*17 Jan 1844 Sarah was born at Meriwether Co., Georgia, on 17 Jan 1844. 
 She was the daughter of Rev. William Henry Culpepper and Sarah Leslie. 
Marriage*20 Sep 1866 She married James Fletcher Haralson at Randolph Co., Alabama, on 20 Sep 1866. 
Married Name20 Sep 1866  As of 20 Sep 1866, her married name was Haralson. 
1870 Census*25 Aug 1870 Sarah listed as a household member living with James Fletcher Haralson on the 1870 Census at Miller Valley PO, Clay Co., Alabama. 26 m-p. 268 hh 164. 
1880 Census*1880 Sarah was listed as James Fletcher Haralson's wife on the 1880 Census at DeKalb Co., Alabama. 31 m-ED59 sht 14 ln 35 twp 7 range 6. 
1900 Census*7 Jun 1900 Sarah was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census at Big Bottom Precinct, Lewis Co., Washington. 56 f-ED 125 sheet 3. 
Death*24 Jul 1925 She died at Randle, Lewis Co., Washington, on 24 Jul 1925. 
Biography* Sallie was the daughter of William Henry and Sarah (Leslie) Culpepper. Based on locations from census and land records for her father and a Bible record for a younger sister, Sallie, was born in Meriwether Co., GA. When she was four years old, her parents moved the family to Alabama. Within days of Sallie's fifth birthday, her mother died. Sallie was noted with her widowed father in the 1850 census of Randolph Co., AL and she was noted with her father and his second wife, Catherine, in the 1860 census of Randolph Co., AL.

After the Civil War, Sallie married James Fletcher Haralson and they settled down to raise their family in Alabama. Nearly twenty years later, James and Sallie decided to move west with their six surviving children.1 Although originally starting out for Oregon, the family ended up in Washington. James F. Haralson claimed land on the Island in the Cowlitz River in Big Bottom in the Cora Post Office District near Vance (present day Randle) in Lewis Co., WA, and he had ten acres cleared and a split cedar house built.1 In the meantime, the family remained in Chehalis, WA where James set up a shingle bolt business. When his lungs were damaged by La Grippe in the winter of 1889, he sold all but one team of oxen and managed to get his family moved to the Island before he died in January of 1891.1

The day after her husband died, Sallie turned 47. She and her six children planted the land.1 Less than a year later, Sallie's oldest daughter, Ella Mondorah Haralson, died. A year and a half later, another daughter, Sarah Leslie Haralson died.2 Sallie was a Methodist and the Rev. William J. Rule, a young Methodist circuit rider, noted the strength that she found in her faith even when he was overwhelmed by the tragedies that the family had suffered.2 When Rev. Rule visited the Haralson's in January of 1894, he described the house as being in a valley in the tall timber surrounded by foothills and close to Mount Ranier.2 Since he did not mention the Island, one wonders if a second house had been built by this time. Within three months of Rev. Rule's visit, Sallie lost her oldest son, William Elias Haralson, to tuberculosis. This loss was followed by the "Great Flood of '96" on the Cowlitz River which wiped out many homes in the valley, devastated crops and killed six people as well as countless livestock.3

Sallie was noted in the 1900 census of the Big Bottom Precinct as a "farmer" and her youngest daughter and son were living with her. She owned the farm free of mortgage. In 1902, Sallie lost her youngest daughter. Sallie remained active in the community, she was a charter member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Randle, WA which was first organized in her home.4 Sallie died in 1925 at the age of 81. 

Family

James Fletcher Haralson b. 23 Jul 1848, d. 16 Jan 1891
Marriage*20 Sep 1866 She married James Fletcher Haralson at Randolph Co., Alabama, on 20 Sep 1866. 
Children

Last Edited 1 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. Mrs. J. (Clara Haralson) Moorcroft, "The Pioneering Experiences of James Fletcher Haralson and his wife - Sarah Jane Culpepper," three typed sheets, 27 Feb 1960
  2. Rev. William J. Rule, Riding the Upper Cowlitz Circuit, 1893 -- 1896
  3. Walker Allison Tompkins, "The Big Bottom (Lewis County) 1833-1933," 1933
  4. "In Memorium" a resolution from the minutes of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Randle, WA upon the death of Mrs. James (Sarah Culpepper) Haralson

James Fletcher Haralson

Male, #32472, (23 July 1848 - 16 January 1891)

FatherJonathan A. Haralson b. 22 Sep 1822, d. 30 Jul 1854
James Fletcher Haralson|b. 23 Jul 1848\nd. 16 Jan 1891|p2030.htm#i32472|Jonathan A. Haralson|b. 22 Sep 1822\nd. 30 Jul 1854|p2030.htm#i32479||||Herndon Haralson|b. 25 Dec 1796\nd. 25 Oct 1868|p1400.htm#i22395|Elizabeth S. Patterson|b. 1794\nd. 21 Aug 1868|p1400.htm#i22396|||||||

Birth*23 Jul 1848 James was born at Georgia on 23 Jul 1848. 
 He was the son of Jonathan A. Haralson. 
Marriage*20 Sep 1866 He married Sarah Jane Culpepper at Randolph Co., Alabama, on 20 Sep 1866. 
1870 Census*25 Aug 1870 James was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census at Miller Valley PO, Clay Co., Alabama. 26 m-p. 268 hh 164. 
1880 Census*1880 James was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census at DeKalb Co., Alabama. 31 m-ED59 sht 14 ln 35 twp 7 range 6. 
Death*16 Jan 1891 He died at Vance, Lewis Co., Washington, on 16 Jan 1891. 
Biography* James Fletcher Haralson married Sarah Jane Culpepper after the Civil War. They settled down to raise their family in Alabama. The couple was noted in the 1870 census of Clay Co., AL 1 and in the 1880 census of DeKalb Co., AL.

In 1886, James decided to head west to Oregon. James and Sallie and their six surviving children, aged five to eighteen, started out on March 21, 1886, when the apple and peach orchards were blossoming and the corn was six inches high.2 When they arrived in San Francisco, they learned that the next ship leaving port was going to Tacoma, WA, and they decided to go to Washington instead of to Oregon. The family had encountered no Indians on their journey until they reached the Puget Sound where they saw Indians in dugouts and canoes paddling out to the ships to sell fish.2 The family camped in Tacoma for a week until their freight caught up with them and then they went on to Chehalis, WA, arriving on April 24, 1886 in the middle of a snow storm.2

James Fletcher Haralson apparently decided to settle his family in the Big Bottom area of Washington. Big Bottom covers a 30 mile stretch of the upper Cowlitz River from the Clear Fork branch of the river to Tumwater Falls.3 James Longmire and William Packwood were trying to find a low pass to connect the Puget Sound with the Oregon Trail when three Nisqually guides led them to the area in 1854.3 A pass was not found and it was 30 more years before white men started to settle in the area. William Joerk/York, a German merchant, followed a trail from the upper Sacramento River area of California into Big Bottom in 1882 and he found that the Cowlitz tribe that had lived there when Longmire and Packwood had explored the area had been wiped out by smallpox.3 York returned the following year to settle in Big Bottom and he was soon followed by others, including, in 1885, Louisa Siler who came with her brother, Rufus T. Siler and was the first white woman to settle in Big Bottom.3 James F. Haralson decided that he wanted to settle on the "Island" in the Big Bottom and he arranged to have ten acres of land cleared and a split cedar house built on the land.2 However, James did not move his family onto the land immediately. He went into the shingle bolt business using six yoke of oxen to haul sleds of cedar shingle bolts along a skid road made of logs to the river.2 There, the shingle bolts were dumped into the river and held behind a boom until as many as 1,000 cords of wood had been accumulated. A crew working on the banks and in canoes then floated the wood down river to a mill which had purchased them for processing.2

Washington became a state on 11 Nov 1889. James F. Harralson's business was doing well until the winter of 1889, when he suffered from "La Grippe" which had been brought to the United States from Europe.2 This was influenza which was often followed by pneumonia or tuberculous. James F. Haralson never recovered. He sold all but one team of oxen, a couple of young Holsteins named Buck and Coley and, in the fall of 1890, the family traveled by road to the Cowlitz River. For three weeks, James F. Haralson's oldest son, William, used the team of oxen to pack the household goods to the Island.2 Finally, the family started out on foot to the Island, except for James who was too weak and had to ride the pony, Beaver.2 The family finally arrived at the house on October 11, 1890 after walking for four days and then using a canoe to cross a slough to the Island.2 It was pouring rain. James F. Haralson died three months later. He was 42 years old. 

Family

Sarah Jane Culpepper b. 17 Jan 1844, d. 24 Jul 1925
Marriage*20 Sep 1866 He married Sarah Jane Culpepper at Randolph Co., Alabama, on 20 Sep 1866. 
Children

Last Edited 6 Dec 2003

Citations

  1. No Miller Valley has been identified, could this be Mellow Valley?
  2. Mrs. J. (Clara Haralson) Moorcroft, "The Pioneering Experiences of James Fletcher Haralson and his wife - Sarah Jane Culpepper," three typed sheets, 27 Feb 1960
  3. Walker Allison Tompkins, "The Big Bottom (Lewis County) 1833-1933," 1933

John Wesley Perry

Male, #32474, (8 April 1848 - 10 October 1911)

FatherJames Rodger Perry b. Jan 1822, d. 17 Jun 1897
MotherEaster Perry b. 16 Mar 1811, d. 19 Jun 1887
John Wesley Perry|b. 8 Apr 1848\nd. 10 Oct 1911|p2030.htm#i32474|James Rodger Perry|b. Jan 1822\nd. 17 Jun 1897|p2030.htm#i32477|Easter Perry|b. 16 Mar 1811\nd. 19 Jun 1887|p2030.htm#i32478|Hugh Perry|b. 1798|p1729.htm#i27652|Sarah Cooksey|b. 1805\nd. 1887|p1729.htm#i27653|||||||

Birth*8 Apr 1848 John was born at Randolph Co., Alabama, on 8 Apr 1848. 
 He was the son of James Rodger Perry and Easter Perry. 
Marriage*circa 1866 He married Martha Louisa Dickinson Culpepper at Randolph Co., Alabama, circa 1866. 
1880 Census*14 Jun 1880 John was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama. 31 m-Vol 20 ED 112 26 Beat 9. 
Photographed*say 1895 He and Martha Louisa Dickinson Culpepper were photographed say 1895 at Randolph Co., Alabama.
John Wesley & Mattie (Culpepper) Kirk
Employment* John's occupation: blacksmith at Texas. 
1900 Census* John was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census at Hunt Co., Texas. 51 m-ED 127 sheet 15 line 34 precinct. 
1910 Census*1910 John was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census at Abilene, Taylor Co., Texas. 61 m-ED 268 sheet 96. 
Death*10 Oct 1911 He died at Potosi, Taylor Co., Texas, on 10 Oct 1911. 
Burial* His body was interred at Potosi, Taylor Co., Texas. 
Biography* John Wesley Perry's father was a Methodist minister. A grandson of John Wesley Perry, Palmer W. Perry, wrote:1

John was a blacksmith, carpenter, and somewhat of a wainwright and was quite a disciplinarian. He tried to keep a really tight line on his children.

Palmer continued:2

John and Mattie Perry were married and first lived near [what is now the town of] Wadley, AL.... From there they moved to near Collinsville [DeKalb Co.], AL. Their sons used "Bucks Pocket" for hunting and fishing. I think the pocket is now under water from the T. V. A.3

Palmer added:1

I don't remember much talk of the years when the Perrys were in Collinsville, AL, except for talk of the rough and hard times they had, such as having to fertilize each fill of corn, as they planted and having to saw lumber and make all the caskets.... I don't recall hearing if he [John Wesley Perry] pastored any churches while in the Collinsville area. I suppose he did though as they had a "religious" family quartet, and they sang around the country and made quite a few records. I believe nearly all of them were singers. I can remember grandmother waking me in the middle of the night singing religious songs in her sleep.

The family has not been located in the 1870 census records but is believed to have been living to the west of Louina, now Wadley in Randolph Co., AL where John Wesley Perry and Mattie Culpepper were married and where they were noted with their family in 1880 census records. It is thought that they stayed in Randolph Co., AL until at least the mid-1880's. Unfortunately, the 1890 census records burned so it is difficult to place the family in DeKalb Co., AL. Another grandson, Briley G. Perry, wrote 4 that when his father, W. E. Perry, was about 18 (circa 1892) he went to Hopewell, TX 5 with his brother, L. M. Perry. They were followed a year later by their parents, John Wesley and Mattie (Culpepper) Perry. In fact, John and Martha with one of their children, Malcolm O. Perry, have been noted in 1900 census records of precinct 3 of Hunt Co., TX. Briley added:4

They later moved to Merit, Texas where John Wesley Perry owned and operated a black smith shop [and] from Merit [they moved] to Potosi, Texas 14 miles south of Abilene, Texas....

Mrs. A. T. (Kathleen Perry) Pickett wrote:6

My mother said many times that grandfather Perry was one of the finest men she ever knew. He was a blacksmith and preached some and taught singing schools. All of the Perry family were good singers. The brothers and sisters made a phonograph record singing "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" and I can remember hearing it played on an old phonograph at our aunt Carrie's one time when we were visiting there when I was 6 or 7 yrs. old.7 It was getting scratchy but was still beautiful....

Perry Garner, a great grandson of John Wesley Perry, wrote:8

On my way out [to the Perry reunion] I stopped to visit Ruby Wiltrout and she took me over to see the old John Wesley homeplace that is still standing. It is scheduled to be torn down any day now so I was fortunate to arrive in time to get some photos.... I also got a visit of the old Methodist Church that is still there but remodeled inside. I see now that we are still perhaps correct on the fact that John W. may have preached because they had 2 churches back in his day, a North and a South Methodist with one believing in slavery and the other not. In fact the Church that is there now has some of the furniture out of the other one.

Palmer W. Perry, wrote:2

[John Wesley Perry] was in the church pulpit when he suffered the stroke from which he died.... 

Family

Martha Louisa Dickinson Culpepper b. 12 Sep 1846, d. 18 Apr 1928
Marriage*circa 1866 He married Martha Louisa Dickinson Culpepper at Randolph Co., Alabama, circa 1866. 
Children

Charts Perry Descendants
Last Edited 9 Jul 2006

Citations

  1. letter 3 Sep 1978
  2. letter 6 Nov 1978
  3. Tennessee Valley Authority-there is a Buck's Pocket State Park in DeKalb Co., AL near Guntersville Lake
  4. letter 5 Jul 1978
  5. There is a question about the location of Hopewell, TX. There is a Hopewell, TX in Houston Co., TX but Palmer W. Perry's letters seem to indicate that Hopewell was a church and school in the vicinity of Merit, Hunt Co., TX. There is a Hopewell cemetery on the western side of Hunt Co., TX
  6. letter 4 Jan 1979
  7. circa 1925
  8. letter 17 Jun 1980

Florela Caroline Culpepper

Female, #32475, (22 January 1849 - 18 August 1929)

FatherRev. William Henry Culpepper b. 17 Oct 1813, d. 22 Mar 1909
MotherSarah Leslie b. 15 Feb 1808, d. 22 Jan 1849
Florela Caroline Culpepper|b. 22 Jan 1849\nd. 18 Aug 1929|p2030.htm#i32475|Rev. William Henry Culpepper|b. 17 Oct 1813\nd. 22 Mar 1909|p2005.htm#i32073|Sarah Leslie|b. 15 Feb 1808\nd. 22 Jan 1849|p2005.htm#i32074|John Culpepper of Randolph Co., AL|b. 1 Oct 1772\nd. 13 May 1855|p1973.htm#i31566|Nancy Gillespie|b. circa 1778\nd. 25 Jul 1848|p1974.htm#i31584|||||||

Birth*22 Jan 1849 Florela was born at Randolph Co., Alabama, on 22 Jan 1849. 
 She was the daughter of Rev. William Henry Culpepper and Sarah Leslie. 
Marriage*27 Nov 1865 She married John Wesley Kirk at Randolph Co., Alabama, on 27 Nov 1865. 
Married Name27 Nov 1865  As of 27 Nov 1865, her married name was Kirk. 
1870 Census*5 Jul 1870 Florela listed as a household member living with John Wesley Kirk on the 1870 Census at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama. 22 m-581 hh 145. 
1880 Census*2 Jun 1880 Florela was listed as John Wesley Kirk's wife on the 1880 Census at Randolph Co., Alabama. 34 m-Beat 8 p 315 hh 34. 
1900 Census*1900 Florela was listed as John Wesley Kirk's wife on the 1900 Census at Flat Rock, Randolph Co., Alabama. 54 m-Pct 8 p. 58 hh 8. 
(Wife) Photographedcirca 1906 John Wesley Kirk was photographed circa 1906 at Randolph Co., Alabama,
from Carlos F. Robertson:
Left to Right: Lilly Kathern Kirk (oldest daughter of Daniel P Kirk), Iva D. Kirk (my mother), Emma (Brown) Kirk (D. P. Kirk's 1st wife), Leon Kirk (oldest son of D.P. Kirk), Florela (Culpepper) Kirk, Daniel P. Kirk, John W. Kirk, last two unknown.

The attached picture was found in, my mother, Iva D. Kirk’s collection. On the back it was labeled as follows:

Grand Daddy Kirk

John Wesley. Kirk

Frollia C. Kirk (Grand Mother)

Dan P. Kirk

Eulas Kirk

George Kirk

Lula Kirk

Kate Kirk

Leon Kirk

Iva D. Kirk

1901 (I know this date is wrong, as my mother (Iva) was not born until 1905??).1
John Wesley Kirk family
Photographed*say 1910 She and John Wesley Kirk and family were photographed say 1910 at Randolph Co., Alabama.2
John Wesley & Florela C. (Culpepper) Kirk
1910 Census*1910 Florela was listed as John Wesley Kirk's wife on the 1910 Census at Randolph Co., Alabama. 65 m-ED 149 sheet 1B. 
Death*18 Aug 1929 She died at Wadley, Randolph Co., Alabama, on 18 Aug 1929. 
Burial* Her body was interred at Wadley, Randolph Co., Alabama. 
Biography* Florela Caroline was the eleventh and last child and sixth daughter of William Henry and Sarah (Leslie) Culpepper. She was born in Alabama, presumably in Randolph Co., AL where her father was noted in land records. Florela's mother died the day Florela was born. Florela is next noted in the household of her widowed father in the 1850 census of Randolph Co., AL and in the household of her father and his second wife, Catherine, in the 1860 census of Almond P. O. District of Randolph Co., AL.

After the Civil War, Florela married John Wesley Kirk, and they settled down to raise their family in Randolph Co., AL. Florela gave birth to 11 children. Six survived to adulthood. L. Hoyt Kirk wrote:3

I remember my Grandfather and Grandmother very well, as we lived not too far from them until I was 16 years of age and I visited them many times after we moved some distance from them. My grandmother, like many of her ancestors, was very emotional with her religion and every time she went to her church at Almond she would get happy and shout all over that church. Two grandsons, older than I, [and I] would visit our Grandparents in the Summertime during the church revival. The windows would all be open for air, and when Grandmother got happy and started to shouting, she would start for us grandsons and we would jump out the window to get away from her. When we spent the night with her and Grandfather, he would go to bed early, but when Grandmother went to bed she would reach for her Bible and say, "Let's read a few verses of the Bible" and then she would say, "Now let Is get on our knees and have prayer. It has been so long, I don't remember what she prayed for, but she read her Bible and said her prayers every night. My Grandfather would sometimes get ill or cross with my Grandmother and would fuss at her and look out of the corner of his eye and wink and grin where Grandmother couldn't see his grin. He didn't mean a word he said to her with his fussin, and Grandmother would listen to a few words and look at him and smile and say, "Now John."

Florela died in 1929 at the age of 80.
     
      

Family

John Wesley Kirk b. 18 Nov 1844, d. 17 Jul 1930
Marriage*27 Nov 1865 She married John Wesley Kirk at Randolph Co., Alabama, on 27 Nov 1865. 
Children

Last Edited 5 Sep 2004

Citations

  1. E-mail from Carlos F. Robertson, e-mail address, Carrollton, Georgia to Lew Griffin, July 2006.
  2. Correspondence from Leonard Hoyt Kirk to Lew Griffin.
  3. letter 28 Sep 1992

John Wesley Kirk

Male, #32476, (18 November 1844 - 17 July 1930)

FatherJames Patrick Kirk b. 1810, d. 17 Oct 1894
MotherEmily Turrentine b. 1818, d. a 1880
John Wesley Kirk|b. 18 Nov 1844\nd. 17 Jul 1930|p2030.htm#i32476|James Patrick Kirk|b. 1810\nd. 17 Oct 1894|p1269.htm#i20304|Emily Turrentine|b. 1818\nd. after 1880|p1270.htm#i20305|Jesse Kirk|b. circa 1762\nd. circa 1834|p1388.htm#i22198||||||||||

Birth*18 Nov 1844 John was born at Georgia on 18 Nov 1844. 
 He was the son of James Patrick Kirk and Emily Turrentine. 
Civil War*between 1861 and 1865 He served in the War Between the States between 1861 and 1865. 
Marriage*27 Nov 1865 He married Florela Caroline Culpepper at Randolph Co., Alabama, on 27 Nov 1865. 
1870 Census*5 Jul 1870 John was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census at Louina, Randolph Co., Alabama. 22 m-581 hh 145. 
1880 Census*2 Jun 1880 John was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census at Randolph Co., Alabama. 34 m-Beat 8 p 315 hh 34. 
1900 Census*1900 John was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census at Flat Rock, Randolph Co., Alabama. 54 m-Pct 8 p. 58 hh 8. 
Photographed*circa 1906 He was photographed circa 1906 at Randolph Co., Alabama,
from Carlos F. Robertson:
Left to Right: Lilly Kathern Kirk (oldest daughter of Daniel P Kirk), Iva D. Kirk (my mother), Emma (Brown) Kirk (D. P. Kirk's 1st wife), Leon Kirk (oldest son of D.P. Kirk), Florela (Culpepper) Kirk, Daniel P. Kirk, John W. Kirk, last two unknown.

The attached picture was found in, my mother, Iva D. Kirk’s collection. On the back it was labeled as follows:

Grand Daddy Kirk

John Wesley. Kirk

Frollia C. Kirk (Grand Mother)

Dan P. Kirk

Eulas Kirk

George Kirk

Lula Kirk

Kate Kirk

Leon Kirk

Iva D. Kirk

1901 (I know this date is wrong, as my mother (Iva) was not born until 1905??).1
John Wesley Kirk family
Photographed*say 1910 He and Florela Caroline Culpepper and family were photographed say 1910 at Randolph Co., Alabama.2
John Wesley & Florela C. (Culpepper) Kirk
1910 Census*1910 John was listed as the head of a family on the 1910 Census at Randolph Co., Alabama. 65 m-ED 149 sheet 1B. 
Death*17 Jul 1930 He died at Wadley, Randolph Co., Alabama, on 17 Jul 1930. 
Burial* His body was interred at Wadley, Randolph Co., Alabama. 
Biography* L. Hoyt Kirk wrote 3 that his grandfather, John Wesley Kirk, had "bright blue eyes" like J. W. Kirk's father, James Patrick Kirk. John Wesley Kirk would have been approximately 16 years old when the Civil War began. L. Hoyt Kirk wrote:4

My Grandfather fought in the Civil War four years. I asked him one time if he ever shot a man during the war and he said, "I don't know and I don't want to know. I shot at them, but in those days we used black powder and it made so much smoke that we would have to wait until the smoke cleared away and by that time another man may have stepped up to his place. Grandfather never discussed much about the war. He did tell me about the soldiers picking up the corn that the horses wasted when they were fed and washing the grains of corn and making hominy, and about the farmers butchering their hogs and hiding the meat in hollow trees in the woods but the Yankee soldiers would find it and take everything they found. Grandmother told me some days it would be real smokey and they would say, "The soldiers are fighting close today, it is so smokey." They fought all over Alabama, Horse Shoe Bend on the Tallapoosa River and the Railway Freight Depot in Scottsboro, the oldest brick building in Scottsboro, built before the Civil War and today there are signs where the Freight Depot was damaged by gun fire during the Civil War.

After the War, John Wesley Kirk married Florela Culpepper. L. Hoyt Kirk wrote:5

John Wesley Kirk... reared his family on the farm on what is known locally as Cotton Ridge which is about four miles west of [what is now the town of] Wadley in Randolph County, Alabama. About 1912, all of my grandfather's children lived within a ten mile radius of where they grew up. All of his sons were farmers and all of his daughters married farmers.... Farming is an honorable occupation, but it is not a profitable occupation, or was not back in those days on small farms by mule in Randolph, Clay, Chambers, and Tallapoosa counties. And today with all the mechanical equipment and large acreage farming, most farmers are in debt.... But they [Kirk's] were honorable citizens, church goers, honest, paid their debts, their word was their bond. If a Kirk had two dollars and you needed one, he would give you one.... For several years, my father and I would cut firewood for grandfather and haul it to him in the winter months. One cold windy day we carried grandfather a load of wood. When we unloaded the wood, grandfather came out with his overcoat on and got on the wagon to go home with us. He sat on the back of the wagon bed with his feet hanging off and Dad said, "John, you are not going to sit back there. Come up here on this spring seat." When we got home, my Dad stopped the mules in front of the wagon shelter and grandfather said, "Turn around, turn around." When Dad turned the mules around, he turned too short and the front wheel caught the side of the wagon bed and raised it up and out went grandfather, head first on the tongue of the wagon between the mules. Dad reached down and caught him by the seat of the pants and pulled him back up on the spring seat and said, "Did it hurt you, John?" Grandfather said, "Yes, by grassis, you know it hurt me." He got mad and would not say a word. He went on to the house. Dad and I put up the mules and went in to eat lunch and sat down to the dinner table and Dad said, "Ask the blessing John, and make it short, I am hungry." That tickled my grandfather and started him laughing. He couldn't be mad any longer....

John Wesley Kirk was a Mason. 

Family

Florela Caroline Culpepper b. 22 Jan 1849, d. 18 Aug 1929
Marriage*27 Nov 1865 He married Florela Caroline Culpepper at Randolph Co., Alabama, on 27 Nov 1865. 
Children

Last Edited 18 Oct 2008

Citations

  1. E-mail from Carlos F. Robertson, e-mail address, Carrollton, Georgia to Lew Griffin, July 2006.
  2. Correspondence from Leonard Hoyt Kirk to Lew Griffin.
  3. letter 14 Sep 1992
  4. letter 28 Sep 1992
  5. letter 15 Oct 1992

James Rodger Perry

Male, #32477, (January 1822 - 17 June 1897)

FatherHugh Perry b. 1798
MotherSarah Cooksey b. 1805, d. 1887
James Rodger Perry|b. Jan 1822\nd. 17 Jun 1897|p2030.htm#i32477|Hugh Perry|b. 1798|p1729.htm#i27652|Sarah Cooksey|b. 1805\nd. 1887|p1729.htm#i27653|||||||||||||

Birth*Jan 1822 James was born at Pendleton District, South Carolina, in Jan 1822.1 
 He was the son of Hugh Perry and Sarah Cooksey. 
Marriage*circa 1843 He married Easter Perry circa 1843. 
Employment* James's occupation: Methodist min.. 
Census*1880 He was listed as a resident in the census report at Almond, Clay Co., Alabama, in 1880. 
Death*17 Jun 1897 He died at Randolph Co., Alabama, on 17 Jun 1897.2 
Burial* His body was interred at Almond United Methodist Cemetery, Wadley, Randolph Co., Alabama. 
Biography* "James R. Perry was in Pendelton S.C. - 1823" was recorded in the "GRAND-PARENTS" section of the Bible of a grandson, L. M. Perry. This does not say that J. R. Perry was BORN in SC in 1823. The record which follows records that "Grand Mother (Ester Perry) was born in Pendelton S.C. in 1813." This would seem to suggest that the family did not know when and where James R. Perry had been born but did know that he was in South Carolina at least by 1823. The following is from L. M. Perry family Bible under "IMPORTANT INCIDENTS About Ancestry, Birth, Education, Early History, etc., etc.": James R. Perry was a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church thirty six years and was a travelling preacher six years. 

Family

Easter Perry b. 16 Mar 1811, d. 19 Jun 1887
Marriage*circa 1843 He married Easter Perry circa 1843. 
Children

Last Edited 23 Feb 2002

Citations

  1. William Perry Garner family group sheets, William Perry Garner to Lew Griffin.
    13 Apr 1981 p. 48.
  2. William Perry Garner family group sheets, William Perry Garner to Lew Griffin.
    15 Feb 1981 p. 24.

Easter Perry

Female, #32478, (16 March 1811 - 19 June 1887)

Birth*16 Mar 1811 Easter was born at Pendleton District, South Carolina, on 16 Mar 1811.1 
Marriage27 Nov 1829 She married Campbell Powell on 27 Nov 1829. 
Married Name27 Nov 1829  As of 27 Nov 1829, her married name was Powell. 
Marriage*circa 1843 She married James Rodger Perry circa 1843. 
Census*1880 She was listed as a resident in the census report at Almond, Clay Co., Alabama, in 1880. 
Death*19 Jun 1887 She died at Randolph Co., Alabama, on 19 Jun 1887.2 
Burial* Her body was interred at Almond United Methodist Cemetery, Wadley, Randolph Co., Alabama. 

Family

James Rodger Perry b. Jan 1822, d. 17 Jun 1897
Marriage*circa 1843 She married James Rodger Perry circa 1843. 
Children

Last Edited 15 Mar 2000

Citations

  1. William Perry Garner family group sheets, William Perry Garner to Lew Griffin.
    5 Feb 1981 p. 24.
  2. William Perry Garner family group sheets, William Perry Garner to Lew Griffin.
    15 Feb 1981 p. 24.

Jonathan A. Haralson

Male, #32479, (22 September 1822 - 30 July 1854)

FatherHerndon Haralson b. 25 Dec 1796, d. 25 Oct 1868
MotherElizabeth Summers Patterson b. 1794, d. 21 Aug 1868
Jonathan A. Haralson|b. 22 Sep 1822\nd. 30 Jul 1854|p2030.htm#i32479|Herndon Haralson|b. 25 Dec 1796\nd. 25 Oct 1868|p1400.htm#i22395|Elizabeth Summers Patterson|b. 1794\nd. 21 Aug 1868|p1400.htm#i22396|Jonathan A. Haralson|b. 1759\nd. 1833|p1781.htm#i28492|Jane Houston|b. say 1761\nd. Jun 1797|p1781.htm#i28493|||||||

Birth*22 Sep 1822 Jonathan was born at Baltimore, Baltimore Co., Maryland, on 22 Sep 1822.1 
 He was the son of Herndon Haralson and Elizabeth Summers Patterson. 
Death*30 Jul 1854 He died at Troup Co., Georgia, on 30 Jul 1854.1 
Burial* His body was interred at West Point City Cemetery, West Point, Troup Co., Georgia.1 

Family
Child

Last Edited 9 Jul 1999

Citations

  1. Danny Keith Haralson, Haralson- Harrelson Family History and Lineage, Mesa, AZ: Cox Printing, 1999, 1999.
    p. 158.