Sunday, November 11, 2018

Veterans Day 2018

Honoring Family Veterans

On the 11th hour of the 11th day on the 11th 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.
                   

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

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






Tuesday, September 4, 2018

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