Veterans Day 2018

Honoring Family Veterans

On the 11^th hour of the 11^th day on the 11^th month in 1918 an armistice between Germany and the Allied nations during the Great War known as World War I was established. This day was known as Armistice Day. This day has transformed to an official holiday to honor all members of the United States Armed forces now called Veterans Day.  Today I would like to honor my living relatives and ancestors on my trees who were in the armed forces. My research has not allowed me to identify all the veterans past or present. I will continue to search. They however are not forgotten.  Grateful for their service. God bless them all. Let’s support our living veterans.

Name	State of Residence	Enlistment Date	Branch of Service	Rank
Gerald R. Hollins		16 Sep 1969-1 Sep 1993	US Air Force	Master Sergeant (E-7)
Linda Hollins			US Air Force	Sergeant
Roy Jefferson-Lampton		1990-2000	US  Army	Sergeant
Eddie Brumfield Jr.		19 Mar 1969	US Air Force	Airman
Bertha Bearden	Mississippi	17 Feb 1943	US Women’s Army Corp (WAC)	Sergeant WWII
Charles David McEwen		09 Dec 1941	US  Army	Private WWII
Chris Seay	Mississippi	03 Dec 1943	US Army Air Forces	Sergeant WWII
Wiley Caston	Mississippi	23 Jan 1943	US Army
James Conerly			US Army	Private
Wallace Caston	Mississippi		US Army
Cicero Caston	Mississippi	10 Dec 1942	US Army	Private WWII
Claude Sibley		25 Sep 1942	US Army	Private WWII
Earche Raymond Banks	Louisiana	19 Feb 1946	US Army	Private
Eddie Dunlap		28 Jan 1953	US Army
Eddie Lee Osby	Mississippi	14 Apr 1943	US Army	Private WWII
Edward Lee Elam	Illinois	14 Sep 1966	US Army	Private Viet Nam
Elijah Brumfield	Mississippi	28 July 1918	US  Army	WWI
Woodrow Brumfield	Mississippi		US Navy	WWII
Jethro Gatlin	Mississippi	28 July 1918	US  Army	WWI
Ernest Benjamin Strickland Sr	Tennessee	23 Mar 1941	US  Army	Sergeant WWII
Thomas Claude Strickland		29 June 1949	US Army	Corporal Korea
Florziel Jefferson	Mississippi	20  Aug 1942	US Army	Private WWII
Freddie Donnell	Texas	31 Mar 1916	US Army	Private  WWI
Howard Lee Graves	Louisiana		US Navy	WWII
Willie Graves	Louisiana	22 Feb 1943	US Navy	WWII
Jasper Graves	Mississippi	5  Mar 1918	US Army	WWI
Sylvester Hill	Ohio	2 Jun 1942	US Army	WWII
Iddo Brent Jr	Mississippi	17  Aug 1942	US Army	Private WWII
Isom Brumfield Jr	Mississippi	20 July 1943	US Army	Private WWII
James Edwards Sr	Mississippi	03 Aug 1942	US  Army	Private WWII
Jessie Caston Jr.	Mississippi	13  Dec 1945	US  Army	Private first class
Martin William Watkins	Texas	14 Sep 1951	US Army	Corporal Korea
Mattie Donnell Hicks		10 Mar 1946	US Army	Major WWII KOREA VIET NAM
Rodolph Knight Jr.	Louisiana	10 June 1960
Leamon Jefferson	Louisiana	27 July 1944	US Navy
Thomas Cornelius Brumfield	Louisiana	19 Feb  1943	US Army
Thad Brumfield	Mississippi	20 July 1943	US Army	WWII
Owen Brumfield	Mississippi	16 Oct 1942	US Army	WWII
Virgil Downs	Mississippi	1 Mar 1951	US Army

Samuel Conerly		Dec 17, 1942		WWII
Roosevelt Conerly	Mississippi	Oct 24, 1941	US Army	WWII
Abraham Brumfield Jr		Enlist date October 3, 1967 Sept  25,1969 release date	US Army
Walter Brumfield		July 24, 1945	US Army	WWII
Iddo Smith		March 31, 1918	US Army	WWI
Artie Bullock				WWI
Louis Johnson		March 27, 1944	US Army	WWII
Lattimore Zackery			US Army	WWII
Johnney Rayborn		Oct 14, 1945	US Army	WWII
Lavergne Rayborn			US Army	WWII

James Edwards Sr.

Wallace Caston

Wiley Caston

Ernest B. Strickland Sr.

Cicero Caston

                                                                

Linda Hollins

Gerald Hollins

Edward Elam

Willie Graves

Chris Seay

                           

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Bertha Bearden

Bertha Bearden

 

Eddie Brumfield Jr.

                   

The Gatlin Tree Branch

Descendants of  Jack and Alice Conerly Gatlin

The surname Gatlin is common in Pike County, Mississippi. My research in this blog  post relates to the Gatlin family of African lineage.  Jack Gatlin and Alice Conerly Gatlin were thought to have been married in 1873 in Pike County, Mississippi. I have been unable to identify the parents of Jack Gatlin.  The parents of Alice Conerly Gatlin were Jeremiah Conerly and  Lethia . Her paternal grandparents were William Conerly and Harriet. It was the children from this union that some of the connections of other families were established.   The  Sartin, Gatlin, Downs, Caston, Magee and Brumfield families are linked together by matrimony from the children of Jack Gatlin and Alice Conerly Gatlin. 

Jack Gatlin and Alice Conerly children and known spouses

1.      Harriet A. Gatlin married Jacob Ellzey

 2.     Edmond Gatlin married  Elnora (Nora)Magee  January 1, 1899 (daughter of Washington and Betty Magee)

 3.     William Gatlin spouse not identified

 4.     Emmitt Gatlin married first wife Alfa (last name unknown) and second wife Roxie Johnson

 5.     Nethia Gatlin married Willis C. Brumfield (The son of Thomas Brumfield Sr.  and Rosa Coward aka Cowart)

 6.     Lumendy Gatlin 1903 married Jessie K. Brumfield (The son of Robert  and Ann Brumfield) 

 7.     Katy Gatlin married Henry Sartin March 5, 1906 first husband in Pike County , Mississippi and Cal Rayborn  January 5, 1916 second husband in Pike County, Mississippi 

8..     Rosa Gatlin   married Eugene Commodore  January 26, 1906 in Pike County, Mississippi

9.     Zella  Gatlin married John Downs (son of Francis Downs and Thursdann Lampkin Downs married January 25, 1883, grandson of Edmond  and Caroline Downs)

10.  Julia Gatlin married Joel Downs December 11, 1911  in Pike County, Mississippi (The son of Edmond and Caroline Downs )

11.   Jethro Gatlin 1918 married Bertha Collins September 9, 1918 Pike County, Mississippi (The daughter of Tony and Luvinia Collins)

12.  Mary Gatlin 1919 married Herbert Caston December 24, 1919  (Grandson of Liddie Brumfield Caston and Calvin Caston)

13.  Sarah Jane Gatlin married Ellis Caston July 31, 1920 (son of Green Caston, Grandson of Liddie Brumfield Caston and Calvin Caston )

14.  Ann(Annie) Gatlin married Thomas Brumfield  December 29, 1892 (son of Liddie Brumfield Caston  and Louis Brumfield )

The information was gathered from several sources. I received a program from the late Roger Dale Wilson The First Jack and Alice Gatlin Reunion  July 23, 1988. This program lists the known spouses and gives a brief biography of each of the children.  The  Pike County, Mississippi website: co.pike.ms.us , Ancestry.com and obituaries were my other sources. From these sources I was able to identify the ancestors of some of the spouses.


I have made prior blog posts about Edmond Downs, Thomas Brumfield, Liddie Brumfield Caston and Calvin Caston who are the parents of some of the Gatlin  children spouses.

------- The Tree Gardener

Alice Conerly Gatlin Part 2

Alice Conerly Ancestors

Alice Conerly was the daughter of  Jeremiah and Leathia Conerly.  It is though the homestead testimony  for Jack Gatlin by Jeremiah that this relationship is identified.  Jeremiah was enumerated with William Conerly in the 1870 Pike County, Mississippi Federal Census. No familial relationships are identified in 1870 census. In the 1870 census William age is 68 and Harriet is 60. It is in the 1880 Pike County, Mississippi Federal Census that the probable father and grandfather of Jeremiah and Alice Conerly are identified.  In the 1880 census, William Rials and Dinah Rials are enumerated with their children and a father Will Conerly.

Source Citation

Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 2 Range 10, Pike, Mississippi; Roll: M593_745; Page: 153A; Family History Library Film: 552244

Source Citation

Year: 1880; Census Place: Pike, Mississippi; Roll: 662; Page: 348A; Enumeration District: 037

The father enumerated in the 1880 census is Will Conerly on the last line of image. This suggest that Will Conerly or William Conerly in the 1870 is the father of Dinah Rials. Dinah Rials is 28 years old in the 1880 census with date of birth 1852. Dinah was not listed in the 1870 census with William Conerly possibly because she was already married and living with her husband William Rials. From the information I found Alice Conerly parents were Jeremiah Conerly and Letha "Neathie" and paternal grandparents William Conerly and Harriet.  I have been unable to determine the parents of Jack Gatlin.

----The Tree Gardener

Alice Conerly Gatlin Part 1

Family Ties

The Conerly, Gatlin, Downs, Caston and Brumfield families are linked together by heredity and matrimony. From homestead records, the families lived in close geographical locations.  I have been unable to find the parents of Jack Gatlin.  I have however been able to find more information about Alice Conerly's family.

Alice Conerly was the wife of Jack Gatlin and the daughter of Jeremiah (Jerry) and Lethia "Neathie"  Conerly. I was able to obtain this information from the Jerry Conerly testimony for Jack Gatlin’s homestead application. Jerry Conerly states that Jack Gatlin is his son-in-law. It is my intent to try to identify Alice's family members. Alice is listed in the 1870 Pike County, Mississippi federal census with Jeremiah Conerly and other probable family members.  The 1870 census however does not designate familial relationships.

Source Citation

Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 2 Range 10, Pike, Mississippi; Roll: M593_745; Page: 153A; Family History Library Film: 552244

Transcribed portions
Name                       Age           Place of Birth

William Conerly     68              N. Carolina

Harriett Conerly     60                     "

Jeremiah Conerly   35              Mississippi  

Lethia S.                   27                      "

Alice                          12                      "

Moses                         9                      "

Roda                           7                      "

Issac                           6                      "

Richard                      5                      "

Eddy S                        1                      "

In the 1870, 1880, 1900 Federal Census, Alice is listed as 12, 21 and 44 years old respectively. These dates would make her year of birth 1858, 1859 or 1856.  I have been unable to locate any additional birth information. Because of her year of birth and geographic location,  at birth she  and her family were probably enslaved.  It is from the federal census and school records that the siblings of Alice Conerly were identified.   In the Pike County 1880 federal census, Jerry Conerly with identified family is listed. Alice is not listed with her parents in 188o but with her husband Jack Gatlin.

Source Citation

Year: 1880; Census Place: Pike, Mississippi; Roll: 662; Page: 348A; Enumeration District: 037

Transcribed

Name                 Age  
Jerry Conerly       42      
L.....          "             35         wife
Moses      "             19          son
Richard   "             14          son
Eddie       "             12          son
Jimmie    "             10          son
Ellen        "               8          daughter
Joe           "                5          son
Noah        "               3          son
Vica J.      "               2          daughter


In the 1885 Pike County school census, Jerry Conerly  is listed with  several  children. It is important to note that Jerry could possible be a guardian and not parent. His name appears on two locations on this list.

"Mississippi Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-14208-41161-22?cc=1856425 : 18 September 2015), Pike > 1885 > image 7 of 178; Government Records, Jackson

Transcribed portiona

Name                        Age           Parent/Guardian

Conerly  Sarah          9                      Jerry Conerly
     "         Eddy         16                      Jerry   "
     "         James        14                                 "
    "          Ellen         12                                 "

Jerry Conerly is listed with his children in the Pike County 1890 school census. This record is especially important because most of the 1890 federal census was destroyed in a fire. Unfortunately, I did not record the citation for the 1890 and 1896 school census.  I obtained the information at the Allen County Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

1890 Pike County, Mississippi School Census

Transcribed

Parent/Guardian                Name          Age
Jerry Conerly                 Jimmie        17
                                          Ellen             16
                                          Joe                14
                                          Cunnigin      12
                                           George          6

1896 Pike County, Mississippi School Census

Transcribed

Parent/Guardian                   Name of Children       Age
Jerry  Conerly                            Joe                               20
                                                      Cunnegan                   18
                                                      Vica                              14
                                                      Wash                            10
                                                      Lee                                 7

More information to follow.

---- The Tree Gardener