_Charles ABERNATHY __+
| (1748 - 1824) m 1782
_James ABERNETHY ____|
| (1790 - 1859) m 1821|
| |_Barbara COBB _______+
| (1758 - 1821) m 1782
_Christian Marcus "Mark" ABERNATHY _|
| (1827 - 1881) m 1851 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Fanny CLODFELTER ___|
| (1798 - 1875) m 1821|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--William Hollie ABERNATHY
| (1866 - 1871)
| _____________________
| |
| _FNU GOODSON ________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Hetty GOODSON _____________________|
(1827 - ....) m 1851 |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
__
|
__|
| |
| |__
|
_Joseph E. ABLES _______|
| (1827 - ....) m 1847 |
| | __
| | |
| |__|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Charles ABLES
| (1859 - ....)
| __
| |
| __|
| | |
| | |__
| |
|_Elizabeth LNU (ABLES) _|
(1831 - ....) m 1847 |
| __
| |
|__|
|
|__
______________________
|
_Clarence Alfa AYERS _|
| (1902 - 1979) m 1920 |
| |______________________
|
_Doyle AYERS ________|
| (1921 - 1991) |
| | _Oscar Daniel HICKEY _+
| | | (1873 - 1939) m 1893
| |_Bertha Bea HICKEY ___|
| (1904 - 1969) m 1920 |
| |_Lula Smith HUGHES ___+
| (1878 - 1936) m 1893
|
|--Sandra AYERS
|
| ______________________
| |
| ______________________|
| | |
| | |______________________
| |
|_Ineva "Neva" HINES _|
|
| ______________________
| |
|______________________|
|
|______________________
[5960] This person is presumed living.
_George Davis BEAVER __________+
| (1861 - 1901) m 1880
_Samuel Marshall BEAVERS _|
| (1897 - 1975) m 1916 |
| |_Dora A. COBB _________________+
| (1864 - 1949) m 1880
_Ernest Cleveland "Jack" BEAVERS _|
| (1923 - 2000) |
| | _Henry Daniel KING ____________+
| | | (1869 - 1933) m 1895
| |_Nora Ella KING __________|
| (1901 - 1993) m 1916 |
| |_Sarah Isabelle "Belle" BURCH _
| (1871 - 1918) m 1895
|
|--Billy BEAVER
|
| _______________________________
| |
| __________________________|
| | |
| | |_______________________________
| |
|_Pauline ROBINSON ________________|
|
| _______________________________
| |
|__________________________|
|
|_______________________________
__
|
__|
| |
| |__
|
_William Crawford BIBB _|
| (1735 - 1796) m 1755 |
| | __
| | |
| |__|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Sarah Booker BIBB
| (1776 - ....)
| __
| |
| __|
| | |
| | |__
| |
|_Sarah "Sallie" CLARK __|
(.... - 1777) m 1755 |
| __
| |
|__|
|
|__
[10113] There were no children produced from this marriage.
_Robert BOLLING _____+
| (1681 - 1747)
_Robert BOLLING _____|
| (1730 - 1775) m 1758|
| |_Anne LNU (BOLLING) _+
| (1690 - ....)
_Thomas Tabb BOLLING _|
| (1763 - 1810) |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Mary Marshall TABB _|
| (1732 - 1814) m 1758|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Warner T. BOLLING
|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Seigniora PEYTON ____|
(1767 - 1810) |
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
__________________________
|
______________________|
| |
| |__________________________
|
_Job W. BURDEN ______|
| (1822 - ....) m 1845|
| | __________________________
| | |
| |______________________|
| |
| |__________________________
|
|
|--William R. BURDEN
| (1849 - ....)
| _John S. COBB ____________+
| | (1759 - 1841) m 1786
| _James Humphrey COBB _|
| | (1799 - 1876) m 1820 |
| | |_Frances "Frankey" SMITH _+
| | (1770 - 1851) m 1786
|_Frances E. COBB ____|
(1828 - ....) m 1845|
| __________________________
| |
|_Mary Jones SULLIVAN _|
(1808 - 1886) m 1820 |
|__________________________
________________________
|
___________________________|
| |
| |________________________
|
_Grover Cleveland BURKHART _|
| (1920 - ....) |
| | ________________________
| | |
| |___________________________|
| |
| |________________________
|
|
|--Edgar Gene BURKHART
|
| _Isaac Whitfield SMITH _+
| | (1863 - 1926) m 1890
| _William Greenberry SMITH _|
| | (1892 - 1972) m 1919 |
| | |_Margaret Alice HILL ___+
| | (1868 - 1943) m 1890
|_Ida Ruth SMITH ____________|
(1920 - ....) |
| ________________________
| |
|_Cora Ann VAN BEBBER ______|
(1901 - 1990) m 1919 |
|________________________
[10705] This was her second marriage.
__
|
__|
| |
| |__
|
_G.W. CHESTER _______|
| (1835 - ....) m 1862|
| | __
| | |
| |__|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Bright CHESTER
| (1868 - ....)
| __
| |
| __|
| | |
| | |__
| |
|_G.L. LNU (CHESTER) _|
(1847 - ....) m 1862|
| __
| |
|__|
|
|__
[3565] This person is presumed living.
[9612] This person is presumed living.
[3474] This person is presumed living.
_Ephraim COBB ________+
| (1819 - 1899) m 1843
_Ephraim "Bud" COBB ____|
| (1844 - 1933) m 1860 |
| |_Louisa TURNER _______
| (1823 - 1906) m 1843
_John Robert COBB _____|
| (1861 - 1945) m 1882 |
| | _William Riley MOORE _+
| | | (1823 - ....) m 1843
| |_Nancy MOORE ___________|
| (1842 - 1918) m 1860 |
| |_Hannah LNU (MOORE) __
| (1824 - ....) m 1843
|
|--Charles Ephraim COBB
| (1890 - 1973)
| ______________________
| |
| _Francis DURHAM ________|
| | (1835 - ....) m 1866 |
| | |______________________
| |
|_Cynthia Janie DURHAM _|
(1870 - 1907) m 1882 |
| ______________________
| |
|_Sarah C. LNU (DURHAM) _|
(1840 - ....) m 1866 |
|______________________
_James Humphrey COBB _+
| (1799 - 1876) m 1820
_John Pressley COBB ______|
| (1850 - 1896) m 1874 |
| |_Mary Jones SULLIVAN _
| (1808 - 1886) m 1820
_James Alfred COBB __|
| (1878 - 1958) m 1901|
| | ______________________
| | |
| |_Eliza Catherine TEASLEY _|
| (1855 - 1926) m 1874 |
| |______________________
|
|
|--John Lucas COBB
| (1901 - 1972)
| ______________________
| |
| __________________________|
| | |
| | |______________________
| |
|_Mattie WHITE _______|
(1883 - 1919) m 1901|
| ______________________
| |
|__________________________|
|
|______________________
[1117] At that time, he was living next door to his father James Cobb. Therewere as yet no children listed in his household, and his brother Joelwas living with him.
_David Alexander COBBS __+
| (1794 - 1879) m 1821
_Carter William COBB ___|
| (1827 - 1911) m 1865 |
| |_Freeda Presha MAYFIELD _+
| (1795 - 1861) m 1821
_Joseph Hoyle COBB ____|
| (1872 - 1954) m 1895 |
| | _________________________
| | |
| |_Nancy HOYLE ___________|
| (1843 - 1873) m 1865 |
| |_________________________
|
|
|--Louis Buford "Buster" "Buck" COBB
| (1911 - 1997)
| _________________________
| |
| _William Gerald MARTIN _|
| | (1838 - ....) m 1861 |
| | |_________________________
| |
|_Octavia Alice MARTIN _|
(1877 - 1962) m 1895 |
| _________________________
| |
|_Sarah Belle HAWKINS ___|
(1837 - ....) m 1861 |
|_________________________
[10869] This was his second marriage.
_Thomas Willis COBB ____+
| (1784 - 1830) m 1807
_Joseph Beckham COBBS __|
| (1819 - 1858) m 1837 |
| |_Mary W. "Polly" MOORE _
| (1785 - 1826) m 1807
_Thomas W. COBBS _____|
| (1842 - ....) m 1860 |
| | ________________________
| | |
| |_Almira Dallas CLAYTON _|
| (1818 - ....) m 1837 |
| |________________________
|
|
|--James Burt COBBS
| (1868 - ....)
| ________________________
| |
| ________________________|
| | |
| | |________________________
| |
|_Mary Elizabeth BELL _|
(1841 - ....) m 1860 |
| ________________________
| |
|________________________|
|
|________________________
[3640] This person is presumed living.
_________________________
|
________________________|
| |
| |_________________________
|
_Richard Hundley COCKE _|
| (1843 - 1921) m 1869 |
| | _________________________
| | |
| |________________________|
| |
| |_________________________
|
|
|--Elizabeth Seale COCKE
| (1881 - 1915)
| _________________________
| |
| _William Bacon PETTUS __|
| | (1817 - 1894) m 1839 |
| | |_________________________
| |
|_Martha Walker PETTUS __|
(1849 - 1914) m 1869 |
| _Caleb JETER ____________+
| | (1786 - 1819) m 1806
|_Emilia Robinson JETER _|
(1814 - 1880) m 1839 |
|_Sarah M. "Sally" COBBS _+
(1788 - 1849) m 1806
___________________________
|
______________________|
| |
| |___________________________
|
_Brown Franklin DAVIDSON _|
| (1887 - 1954) m 1906 |
| | ___________________________
| | |
| |______________________|
| |
| |___________________________
|
|
|--Francis Brown DAVIDSON
| (1920 - ....)
| _Rowland (Ballard ?) COBB _+
| | (1796 - 1867) m 1817
| _Harvey Ballard COBB _|
| | (1831 - 1908) m 1877 |
| | |_Mary Ann EDWARDS _________+
| | (1803 - 1889) m 1817
|_Daisy COBB ______________|
(1887 - 1955) m 1906 |
| ___________________________
| |
|_Elizabeth EDWARDS ___|
(1847 - 1922) m 1877 |
|___________________________
_____________________
|
_____________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
_George F. DICKEY ________|
| (1848 - ....) m 1869 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Zoro O. DICKEY
| (1872 - ....)
| _Ambrose COBB _______+
| | (1775 - 1850) m 1797
| _Ambrose Jack COBB __|
| | (1817 - 1860) m 1843|
| | |_Susannah BRADLEY ___+
| | (1780 - 1850) m 1797
|_Sarah Elizabeth A. COBB _|
(1845 - ....) m 1869 |
| _Anderson CONDLEY ___
| | (1785 - 1840) m 1813
|_Sarah CONLEY _______|
(1815 - 1907) m 1843|
|_Catherine COBB _____+
(1785 - 1838) m 1813
_William Walter "Bill" GOODSON _+
| (1820 - 1899) m 1853
_John Henry "Sam" GOODSON ______|
| (1867 - 1958) m 1889 |
| |_Malinda Lynn PILES ____________
| (1830 - 1923) m 1853
_Tommy GOODSON ______|
| (1892 - 1969) m 1914|
| | ________________________________
| | |
| |_Civality H. "Willie" ROGERSON _|
| (1868 - 1901) m 1889 |
| |________________________________
|
|
|--Carl Leonard GOODSON
| (1928 - 1977)
| ________________________________
| |
| ________________________________|
| | |
| | |________________________________
| |
|_Etta ROGERSON ______|
(1898 - 1974) m 1914|
| ________________________________
| |
|________________________________|
|
|________________________________
[5379] He was a US Army veteran of the Second World War.
[5297] This person is presumed living.
________________________
|
________________________|
| |
| |________________________
|
_Rayburn Dave HARRIS _|
| m 1937 |
| | ________________________
| | |
| |________________________|
| |
| |________________________
|
|
|--Patricia Ann HARRIS
|
| _William Drury CONDLEY _+
| | (1864 - 1949) m 1887
| _Horace Rufus CONDLEY __|
| | (1889 - 1974) m 1909 |
| | |_Sarah Adline EDDY _____+
| | (1871 - 1959) m 1887
|_Stella Imo CONDLEY __|
(1921 - ....) m 1937 |
| _Marion COFFMAN ________
| | m 1888
|_Iva Elizabeth COFFMAN _|
(1890 - 1928) m 1909 |
|_Mary CHURCHILL ________
m 1888
_____________________
|
________________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
_Alexander HARVEY ___________|
| (1846 - 1928) m 1883 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |________________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--William H. HARVEY
| (1883 - 1953)
| _John J. WARREN _____+
| | (1808 - 1838) m 1826
| _Drury J. WARREN _______|
| | (1831 - 1901) m 1866 |
| | |_Sarah COBB _________+
| | (1809 - 1897) m 1826
|_Catherine Elizabeth WARREN _|
(1867 - 1921) m 1883 |
| _____________________
| |
|_Amanda Malvina WILSON _|
(.... - 1912) m 1866 |
|_____________________
[2810] This person is presumed living.
______________________
|
_Jacob HOFER ____________|
| |
| |______________________
|
_Arthur HOFER _______|
| m 1909 |
| | ______________________
| | |
| |_Mary LNU (HOFER) _______|
| |
| |______________________
|
|
|--Helen HOFER
|
| _Hugh JARVIS _________+
| | (1817 - ....) m 1843
| _Alexander JARVIS _______|
| | (1857 - 1932) m 1882 |
| | |_Julie Ann COTTINGIM _+
| | (1822 - ....) m 1843
|_Molly JARVIS _______|
(1887 - ....) m 1909|
| _Daniel ELLIOTT ______
| |
|_Monila "Niley" ELLIOTT _|
(1866 - 1951) m 1882 |
|_Elizabeth JARVIS ____
[5549] This person is presumed living.
[8900] Being widowed, she was living in the household of her son John WilliamCobb. She was listed also as being "mixed Cherokee".
_Anderson HUGHES _____+
| (.... - 1782)
_Blackburn HUGHES ____|
| (1747 - 1818) m 1779 |
| |_Elizabeth BLACKBURN _
|
_Edward B. HUGHES ___|
| (1796 - 1860) m 1820|
| | _George BOOKER _______+
| | | (1721 - 1791) m 1745
| |_Judith BOOKER _______|
| (1748 - ....) m 1779 |
| |_Sarah COBBS _________+
| (1725 - 1770) m 1745
|
|--Samuel E. HUGHES
| (1829 - 1851)
| _Samuel WOODFIN ______+
| | (1752 - 1832) m 1775
| _Elisha WOODFIN ______|
| | (1776 - 1855) m 1799 |
| | |_Obedience GATHRIGHT _
| | (1753 - 1827) m 1775
|_Nancy WOODFIN ______|
(1802 - 1872) m 1820|
| ______________________
| |
|_Sarah Gepson PEARCE _|
(1785 - 1850) m 1799 |
|______________________
[5849] At that time he was still unmarried and living with his parents. Hewas listed as a student.
_______________________
|
_James JACKSON ______|
| |
| |_______________________
|
_William H. JACKSON _|
| (1786 - 1875) m 1808|
| | _______________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |_______________________
|
|
|--James JACKSON
| (1819 - 1887)
| _John COBBS ___________+
| | (1691 - 1758) m 1712
| _John Addison COBBS _|
| | (1740 - 1803) m 1769|
| | |_Susannah ADDISON _____
| | m 1712
|_Mildred Lewis COBB _|
(1786 - 1853) m 1808|
| _Howell LEWIS _________+
| | (1731 - 1813) m 1750
|_Mildred LEWIS ______|
(1750 - 1791) m 1769|
|_Mary Isabella WILLIS _+
(1733 - 1813) m 1750
[2361] During his life he was a member of Congress, and Chief Justice of theSupreme Court of Georgia.
____________________________________
|
______________________________|
| |
| |____________________________________
|
_Fred JENNINGS ______|
| |
| | ____________________________________
| | |
| |______________________________|
| |
| |____________________________________
|
|
|--Freeman JENNINGS
|
| _Jesse M. "Ivy" NORMAN _____________+
| | (1858 - 1910) m 1876
| _K. Arthur "Dock" NORMAN _____|
| | (1880 - ....) m 1903 |
| | |_Narcissus Isabelle "Belle" BAILEY _
| | (1860 - ....) m 1876
|_Beulah NORMAN ______|
|
| _John Wesley ARMSTRONG _____________
| |
|_Josephine "Josie" ARMSTRONG _|
(1888 - ....) m 1903 |
|_Minta Delila CALDWELL _____________
___________________________
|
_____________________|
| |
| |___________________________
|
_Thomas Alfred JOHNSON _|
| m 1896 |
| | ___________________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |___________________________
|
|
|--Alfred JOHNSON
| (1897 - ....)
| _Rowland (Ballard ?) COBB _+
| | (1796 - 1867) m 1817
| _William Henry COBB _|
| | (1839 - 1895) m 1858|
| | |_Mary Ann EDWARDS _________+
| | (1803 - 1889) m 1817
|_Sally Ann COBB ________|
(1872 - 1903) m 1896 |
| _Ansalem L. TERRY _________
| | (1800 - 1877)
|_Sarah A. TERRY _____|
(1837 - 1874) m 1858|
|_Rebecca WAGGONER _________
(1806 - 1872)
_James JOHNSTON _____
| (.... - 1816)
_John JOHNSTON ______|
| (1787 - 1886) m 1813|
| |_____________________
|
_Samuel C. JOHNSTON ________|
| (1818 - 1886) m 1854 |
| | _Samuel COBB ________+
| | | (1732 - 1827)
| |_Judith COBB ________|
| (1785 - 1847) m 1813|
| |_Mary MORGAN ________
|
|
|--Margaret S. JOHNSTON
| (1861 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _John ROLLAND _______|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Harriet Elizabeth ROLLAND _|
(1833 - 1885) m 1854 |
| _____________________
| |
|_Harriet CARTER _____|
|
|_____________________
[7113] She was not listed with the family on the 1880 census, therefore shehad apparently either died or married since 1870.
__
|
_Morgan JONES _______|
| (1776 - 1853) |
| |__
|
_Jackson JONES ______|
| (1817 - 1887) m 1848|
| | __
| | |
| |_Ruth LNU (JONES) ___|
| (.... - 1828) |
| |__
|
|
|--Adaline JONES
|
| __
| |
| _Edward R. LEACH ____|
| | |
| | |__
| |
|_Elizabeth LEACH ____|
(1831 - 1917) m 1848|
| __
| |
|_____________________|
|
|__
_Bradley KIMBROUGH __
| m 1762
_Duke KIMBROUGH _____|
| (1762 - 1849) m 1785|
| |_Sarah THOMPSON _____
| m 1762
_William KIMBROUGH __|
| |
| | _Isaac HUNTER _______
| | |
| |_Susan HUNTER _______|
| m 1785 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Isaac B. KIMBROUGH
| (1826 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Elizabeth MOLDER ___|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
[9524]
Sketches Of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers
I. B. KIMBROUGH
(pages 302 - 308)
Isaac Barton Kimbrough, namesake of Elder Isaac Barton, of pioneerfame, was born near Madisonville, Monroe County, Tenn., February 10,1826. His parents were William and Elizabeth (Molder) Kimbrough, ofJefferson County, Tenn. He was the seventh in a family of eightchildren. He had three uncles who were Baptist preachers ofdistinction and ability. His grandfather, Elder Duke Kimbrough, wasamong the early settlers of the new country, was nearly sixty years aminister and fifty years pastor of French Broad (now the Dandridge)Church. Young Kimbrough was left an orphan at the tender age of seven,and grew up without a father's counsel or a mother's care. Thus earlylife became to him a battle and a struggle. He was brought up on afarm, with few advantages of an education. July 29, 1847, at the ageof twenty-one, he was married to Miss Mary J. Henderson, of his nativecounty. At this time he could scarcely read intelligently. At the ageof twenty-four he was converted, and with the call to Christ therecame a call to preach his gospel. He was now awakened to a sense ofthe imperative need of an education and, with both hands and an ironwill, he took hold of the double task of making a living for "ween andwife" and preparing himself to preach. By "sweat of brow" by day hemade the "living," and by sweat of brain by night (mostly by the lightof a torch) he made an acquaintance with books, acquired a knowledgeof the Bible and dug into the deep mysteries of theology.
He united with the Madisonville Church in the spring of 1850, and wasbaptized by Elder A. Stapp. He was ordained by Shady Grove Church inthe autumn of 1852, Elders H. C. Cooke and T. J. Russell acting as apresbytery. For two years he served as missionary and evangelist inMonroe County, Tenn., North Carolina and North Georgia. He then becamepastor, and served at different times the following churches: SpringCreek, Big Creek, New Hopewell, Tellico, Madisonville, Hopewell,Sweetwater, Mount Harmony, Eastanallee, Salem, Union, Fork Creek, andpossibly other churches. At this early period of his life, asmissionary and pastor, he baptized into the fellowship of Baptistchurches more than 1,000 persons, who were converted under hisministry, constituted eight new churches, and afterwards had thepleasure of seeing several of his converts become Baptist preachers.
In 1873 he accepted an appointment as missionary under the auspices ofthe General Association of East Tennessee; his two years' work underthe direction of the Mission Board, stimulating, enlisting,collecting, put missions among East Tennessee Baptists on higherground.
In 1875 he moved his family to Mossy Creek, putting some of them incollege, while he himself undertook the herculean task, as financialagent of the college, of raising money with which to provide largerand better quarters for the overflowing school. Just how many thousanddollars, in cash and bonds, he raised for the college cannot beaccurately stated since the college records were burned in thedisastrous fire of December 13, 1916, which destroyed ouradministration building; but a sum not less than from $16,000 to $18,000, funds sufficient to secure the purchase of the Major Mountcastleproperty, which was used for classroom purposes for several years,then becoming Carson Hall, a dormitory for boys, at present belongingto Jefferson City, and used for a public school building. So active,insistent, persistent and ubiquitous was I. B. Kimbrough as afinancial agent and money-getter, with his eye on every Baptistpocketbook, to collect the Lord's dues, that Dr. T. T. Eaton, thenpastor at Chattanooga, was more than once heard to say of him: "WhenKimbrough dies it will have to be said of him, that the beggar diedalso."
I. B. Kimbrough was a good parliamentarian, knowing well how to handlea deliberative body. He was ten years moderator of the SweetwaterAssociation and three years president of the East Tennessee GeneralAssociation. He was active in the organization of the Baptist StateConvention. He was one of the vice-presidents of the Convention, andever labored for the unification of Tennessee Baptists in co-operativeeffort. He was one of a committee appointed by the Convention toinvestigate and report on a suitable location for the SouthwesternBaptist University, locating it at Jackson.
Not the least of his services to the Baptists was that which herendered as their standard bearer in several public discussions, adozen, perhaps, with Pedo-baptists, Campbellites and Adventists. Hewas a skilled debater, an able defender of the Baptist position. Hecarried the standard with a steady nerve, never lowering the flag, andthe cause of truth never suffered in his hands. His premises were likethe impregnable rock of Holy Scripture upon which they were laid, hisarguments were logic linked and strong, his quotation of Scripture wasa steady fire upon his opponent; his sarcasm was merciless, withering,unrelenting. It has been said that not one of his opponents everremained on the ground to fight to a finish all the questionsscheduled for discussion, but invariably cut short the allotted timefor debate, quitting the field before the battle had been joined onall the questions at issue.
Elder Kimbrough was a Fullerite in theology, holding to AndrewFuller's theory of the Atonement. He read with delight and profitAbraham Booth's "Reign of Grace." He was a great admirer of J. R.Graves, and was a "Landmarker" in faith and practice.
His greatest endowments were a strong intellect and a soul of fire.Next to these were a wonderful physique and a powerful voice. Hisusual weight was 230 pounds; height, five feet, ten inches; hair, achestnut brown; eyes, a deep blue; skin, fair; complexion, florid. Hewas a giant in strength. His will was imperious, his imagination loftyat times and entrancing. Few men were more positive in theirconvictions, few, if any, had more decision of character or had moreenergy and perseverance. He was at times eccentric in manner, andsometimes rough. His peculiar oddities of expression were not alwayspleasing. He was educated but not polished, was a diamond, but adiamond in the rough. I suppose it would have been impossible topolish him. While his outstanding characteristic was rugged strength,still he combined with that a tenderness that was eloquent, at times,with feelings of suppressed emotion, and strangely touching. In onesense he was sui generis, a genius of his own order, distinctlyoriginal and unique, without a duplicate, standing apart, and a lawunto himself. In another sense he was a fellow servant and a brother,atypical mountaineer, an East Tennessean, "to the manner born," andproud of the fact that he had been born and reared and had spent hislife, to quote one of his favorite expressions, "among the vine-cladhills and rock-ribbed mountains, God's country, bounded by theCumberland range on the north, which is the backbone of the world, andthe Alleghanies on the south, a country including East Tennessee, theSwitzerland of America." His strength was as the strength of themountains under whose shadows he lived; his eloquence as the dashingstreams and swiftly-flowing rivers of his native land, untutored,untrained, but having in it spontaneous, original and, sometimes,irresistible force.
As illustrating the more winsome and appealing side of his nature andas showing what grace can do in subduing, softening and refining theuntamed nature of man, the writer distinctly recalls an experience ofhis schoolboy days. A protracted meeting was in progress. ElderKimbrough, having come in from his travels and labors to take someneeded rest, was out at the meeting, and it was at night. The war-wornveteran got up to talk. The spirit of exhortation came upon him withgreat power, and he was supremely happy. With walking stick in hand hewalked the floor with as much liberty and ease as if he had been athome in the presence of his own family, talking to us eloquently ofheaven, our future home. Gradually bringing his powers of imaginationinto play he carried us all, a vast throng, up with him through thegates into the city and had us walking with him on the streets of goldand looking with him upon the jasper walls. He introduced us to theheavenly company and to the Saviour himself. It was a marriage feast,and many guests were coming in. But the time came when the door mustbe closed, and some who had been invited would be shut out and,hearing the words, "too late, you cannot enter now," would go awaydisappointed and lamenting their sad fate. It was a feat of sacred andreally inspired eloquence, possible only to a gifted orator, under theenthralling power of the Holy Ghost, and the effect was electricallythrilling throughout the entire audience.
In the year 1876, perhaps, Carson College, in recognition of hisability and merit, conferred upon him the honorary title, Doctor ofDivinity.
In 1879 Dr. Kimbrough moved with his family to Texas, settling inCollin County. He was pastor at McKinney, and organized several newchurches in the surrounding territory. Later he was pastor atWeatherford, Plano, Henrietta and Bowie, Texas. In 1890, following hismissionary and pioneer impulse, he went to a remote unorganizeddistrict of the extreme western part of Texas. Here he organized manysmall churches at ranches, under trees (where trees could be found),and in other destitute places, throughout a large and sparsely settledsection, since organized into counties and developed into amagnificent country. Under his ministry was built at Plain View thefirst church house within a radius of a hundred miles of that center.That section has since developed into a Baptist stronghold, one of thedenominational colleges being located in its center. In Texas, as inTennessee, he was imbued with the missionary and pioneer spirit,labored for harmonious and organized denominational effort in carryingout the great commission, was active and outspoken for local andstate-wide prohibition of the liquor traffic, and was not afraid tomeet a religious opponent in public discussion. When the time came forhim to put off his war harness and lay his armor by he was with one ofhis daughters at Barstow, in the Pecos River country. He had beenpreaching fifty-two years, was tired and wanted to rest. His mindwandered at times, but his faith in God was unfaltering. He died as hehad lived, in the triumph of an overcoming faith, passing to hisreward December 21, 1902. He was buried at Plano, Texas, beside hiscompanion, who had preceded him to their new home above. On thetombstone of the veteran soldier is the inscription, "He fought thegood fight, he kept the faith.," The epitaph of his companion in earlytoils reads, by her own request: "A sinner saved by grace." .
Out of a large family five are still living, three sons and twodaughters, all living in Texas and all making good, I am told, intheir several vocations.
Burnett, J .J. Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers.Nashville, Tenn.: Press of Marshall & Bruce Company, 1919.
[9685] This based on the birth date of the first known child of thismarriage.
_John Wilkins MARSHALL _
| (1714 - 1771) m 1739
_John Wilkins MARSHALL _|
| (1753 - 1819) m 1778 |
| |_Hannah BALDWIN ________
| (1719 - 1801) m 1739
_John Wilkins "Jack" MARSHALL _|
| (1784 - 1854) m 1813 |
| | _Thomas JOYCE __________
| | | (.... - 1780)
| |_Sarah JOYCE ___________|
| (.... - 1823) m 1778 |
| |________________________
|
|
|--Sarah Harvey MARSHALL
| (1818 - 1860)
| ________________________
| |
| _Martin HANCOCK ________|
| | |
| | |________________________
| |
|_Mary "Polly" HANCOCK _________|
(1798 - 1871) m 1813 |
| ________________________
| |
|_Sarah "Sally" HARVEY __|
|
|________________________
[10808] After her death, James married her sister Mary in 1869.
_Daniel MAUPIN ______+
| m 1719
_John MAUPIN ____________|
| (1725 - 1806) m 1747 |
| |_Margaret VIA _______
| m 1719
_John MAUPIN ________|
| (1762 - 1840) m 1786|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Frances "Fanny" DABNEY _|
| (1732 - 1806) m 1747 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Dabney MAUPIN
| (1787 - 1835)
| _____________________
| |
| _________________________|
| | |
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Sally CROSSTHWAITE _|
(.... - 1824) m 1786|
| _____________________
| |
|_________________________|
|
|_____________________
_______________________________
|
__________________________|
| |
| |_______________________________
|
_Valentine Meriwether MCGEHEE _|
| |
| | _______________________________
| | |
| |__________________________|
| |
| |_______________________________
|
|
|--Barbara Cosby MCGEHEE
|
| _______________________________
| |
| _John Harvie MARKS _______|
| | (1807 - 1870) |
| | |_______________________________
| |
|_Emily Meriwether MARKS _______|
|
| _Nathaniel C. BARNETT _________
| | (1793 - 1855)
|_Mary Meriwether BARNETT _|
(1815 - 1843) |
|_Mary Margaret "Polly" HUDSON _+
(1796 - 1831)
[9794] This based on the birthdate of the first known child of this marriage.
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|
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| |
| |_______________________________________
|
_Carlos Ira "Bud" NICHOLSON _|
| (1867 - 1932) |
| | _______________________________________
| | |
| |____________________________________|
| |
| |_______________________________________
|
|
|--Alta NICHOLSON
|
| _______________________________________
| |
| _Marshall Pickens "Pick" ALEXANDER _|
| | (1858 - 1940) |
| | |_______________________________________
| |
|_Zettie ALEXANDER ___________|
(1881 - 1969) |
| _James Daniel CORBIN __________________+
| | (1834 - 1862) m 1856
|_Sarah C. "Sally" CORBIN ___________|
(1858 - 1937) |
|_Frances Elizabeth "Fannie" NICHOLSON _+
(1839 - 1925) m 1856
__
|
__|
| |
| |__
|
_William T. POE _____|
| (1817 - 1884) m 1839|
| | __
| | |
| |__|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Martha Elizabeth POE
| (1840 - ....)
| __
| |
| __|
| | |
| | |__
| |
|_Sarah E. REYNOLDS __|
(1819 - 1861) m 1839|
| __
| |
|__|
|
|__
______________________
|
_William POOLE ______|
| (1790 - 1876) m 1825|
| |______________________
|
_Enoch V. POOLE ________|
| (1836 - 1911) m 1856 |
| | _Morgan MORGAN _______
| | | (1758 - 1835) m 1782
| |_Miriam MORGAN ______|
| (1801 - 1881) m 1825|
| |_Sarah Mary WILLIAMS _
| (1761 - 1825) m 1782
|
|--James Manning POOLE
| (1875 - ....)
| ______________________
| |
| _Gilbert G. LYNCH ___|
| | (1800 - 1881) m 1823|
| | |______________________
| |
|_Elizabeth Clary LYNCH _|
(1834 - 1914) m 1856 |
| ______________________
| |
|_Susan CLARY ________|
m 1823 |
|______________________
______________________________
|
_Silas B. PRICE ______|
| (.... - 1848) m 1835 |
| |______________________________
|
_John R. PRICE _________|
| (1846 - ....) m 1868 |
| | _Joel COFFEE _________________+
| | | (1791 - 1849) m 1815
| |_Mary Frances COFFEE _|
| (1816 - 1873) m 1835 |
| |_Martha Frances "Patsy" COBB _+
| (1793 - 1887) m 1815
|
|--Joel N. PRICE
| (1872 - ....)
| ______________________________
| |
| ______________________|
| | |
| | |______________________________
| |
|_Sallie E. LNU (PRICE) _|
(1847 - ....) m 1868 |
| ______________________________
| |
|______________________|
|
|______________________________
____________________________
|
_______________________________|
| |
| |____________________________
|
_John Alonzo RAMSEY ___|
| (1874 - 1965) m 1895 |
| | ____________________________
| | |
| |_______________________________|
| |
| |____________________________
|
|
|--James Hugh RAMSEY
| (1918 - 1920)
| _Francis "Frank" LATTIMORE _+
| | (1800 - 1857) m 1844
| _William A. LATTIMORE _________|
| | (1852 - 1911) m 1876 |
| | |_Sophia Jane ELAM __________
| | (1824 - 1876) m 1844
|_Vell Sarah LATTIMORE _|
(1875 - 1961) m 1895 |
| ____________________________
| |
|_Lucy Cordeila "Cordie" WHITE _|
(1859 - 1923) m 1876 |
|____________________________
_________________________
|
_William RICHARDS ___|
| (1776 - 1866) m 1805|
| |_________________________
|
_John R. RICHARDS ___|
| (1809 - 1864) m 1831|
| | _William COBB ___________+
| | | (1765 - 1833) m 1787
| |_Dicy COBB __________|
| (1788 - 1855) m 1805|
| |_Mary "Polly" ABERNATHY _
| (1765 - ....) m 1787
|
|--William Andrew RICHARDS
|
| _________________________
| |
| _William HINES ______|
| | |
| | |_________________________
| |
|_Mary HINES _________|
(1804 - 1878) m 1831|
| _________________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_________________________
[816] This person is presumed living.
_____________________
|
______________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
_Richard Allen SCHYSM _|
| |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |______________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Boen Dearl SCHYSM
|
| _Carl Leeman GREEN __
| |
| _Darvel Lee GREEN ____|
| | |
| | |_Ruby Mae PHILLIPS __+
| |
|_Leea Deen GREEN ______|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_Velda Nadene MARTIN _|
|
|_____________________
__
|
__|
| |
| |__
|
_Thomas W. SINIARD _________________|
| (1850 - 1931) m 1870 |
| | __
| | |
| |__|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--James Warren SINIARD
| (1871 - 1943)
| __
| |
| __|
| | |
| | |__
| |
|_Hettie Melvina Alabama "Bam" NAVE _|
(1853 - 1940) m 1870 |
| __
| |
|__|
|
|__
__
|
_Thomas W. SINIARD _________________|
| (1850 - 1931) m 1870 |
| |__
|
_James Warren SINIARD _______|
| (1871 - 1943) m 1892 |
| | __
| | |
| |_Hettie Melvina Alabama "Bam" NAVE _|
| (1853 - 1940) m 1870 |
| |__
|
|
|--Vida Madge SINIARD
| (1905 - ....)
| __
| |
| ____________________________________|
| | |
| | |__
| |
|_Sarah Ann "Annie" NEWBERRY _|
(1878 - 1962) m 1892 |
| __
| |
|____________________________________|
|
|__
______________________
|
___________________________|
| |
| |______________________
|
_Harlan SMITH ________|
| |
| | ______________________
| | |
| |___________________________|
| |
| |______________________
|
|
|--Ruby SMITH
|
| ______________________
| |
| _William Benjamin SLAYTON _|
| | (1855 - 1935) m 1893 |
| | |______________________
| |
|_Fannie Lula SLAYTON _|
(1898 - 1986) |
| _William R. PHILLIPS _
| | (1832 - ....) m 1857
|_Laura Emily PHILLIPS _____|
(1863 - 1910) m 1893 |
|_Malinda C. COBB _____+
(1826 - 1908) m 1857
_Wayman Albert SMITH __+
| (1891 - 1964) m 1928
_J.G. SMITH _________|
| (1934 - ....) m 1951|
| |_Anna Ellen MCPHERSON _+
| (1904 - 1984) m 1928
_Steven Ray SMITH ___|
| (1954 - ....) |
| | _______________________
| | |
| |_Patricia Ann ELLIS _|
| (1936 - ....) m 1951|
| |_______________________
|
|
|--Tina SMITH
|
| _______________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_______________________
| |
|_Tina Yvonne OTTER __|
|
| _______________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_______________________
_____________________
|
_____________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
_George Robert "Rob" STINNETT _|
| (1868 - 1941) m 1890 |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Briney STINNETT
|
| _____________________
| |
| _John Wilson WILLIS _|
| | (1855 - ....) m 1874|
| | |_____________________
| |
|_Alice WILLIS _________________|
(1875 - 1941) m 1890 |
| _Rosell UNDERWOOD ___
| | m 1849
|_Celia UNDERWOOD ____|
(1850 - ....) m 1874|
|_Mary FAIN __________+
(1830 - ....) m 1849
[9926] Info from Linda (Stinnett) Stacy, 5 Jan 1999.
[2725] This person is presumed living.
__________________________________
|
________________________|
| |
| |__________________________________
|
_Kermit THOMPSON ________|
| m 1934 |
| | __________________________________
| | |
| |________________________|
| |
| |__________________________________
|
|
|--Brenda THOMPSON
|
| _William Martin Van Buren WRIGHT _
| | (1839 - 1904) m 1866
| _John Dethridge WRIGHT _|
| | (1871 - 1933) m 1896 |
| | |_Didimia Amanda WISDOM ___________
| | (1842 - 1928) m 1866
|_Violet Rhoberta WRIGHT _|
(1914 - ....) m 1934 |
| _Josiah MCKEE ____________________
| | (1838 - 1886) m 1857
|_Mary Catherine MCKEE __|
(1876 - 1955) m 1896 |
|_Martha Amanda GRIBBLE ___________
m 1857
_______________________________
|
_Leonard THOMPSON ___|
| (1775 - ....) m 1799|
| |_______________________________
|
_Fountain Benning THOMPSON _____|
| (1804 - 1856) m 1835 |
| | _John (Jeane Antoine) BENNING _+
| | | (1737 - 1809) m 1775
| |_Elizabeth BENNING __|
| (1779 - ....) m 1799|
| |_Sarah "Sally" COBBS __________+
| (1756 - 1831) m 1775
|
|--Susan Jane THOMPSON
| (1837 - 1902)
| _______________________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |_______________________________
| |
|_Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" VICKERS _|
(1814 - ....) m 1835 |
| _______________________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_______________________________
__
|
_____________________|
| |
| |__
|
_James WIGGINS ______|
| (1773 - 1849) m 1803|
| | __
| | |
| |_____________________|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Mary Elizabeth WIGGINS
| (1828 - 1850)
| __
| |
| _Stephen LASITTER ___|
| | |
| | |__
| |
|_Susannah LASITTER __|
(1785 - 1861) m 1803|
| __
| |
|_Nancy UZELL ________|
|
|__
____________________________
|
_William Harvey WILD ____________|
| (1851 - 1897) m 1875 |
| |____________________________
|
_Richard Edward WILD __|
| (1877 - 1956) m 1897 |
| | _Richard Lafayette COBB ____+
| | | (1833 - 1911) m 1854
| |_Josephine Abigail "Josie" COBB _|
| (1856 - 1927) m 1875 |
| |_Mary Ann Elizabeth WARREN _+
| (1829 - 1902) m 1854
|
|--Jesse Edward WILD
| (1901 - 1988)
| ____________________________
| |
| _________________________________|
| | |
| | |____________________________
| |
|_Frances Emma MCCLAIN _|
(1880 - ....) m 1897 |
| ____________________________
| |
|_________________________________|
|
|____________________________
______________________
|
_Claude E. WILLIS ___|
| (1880 - 1949) m 1899|
| |______________________
|
_Russell WILLIS _______|
| (1903 - ....) m 1926 |
| | _Jefferson S. COBB ___+
| | | (1844 - 1926) m 1863
| |_Callie B. COBB _____|
| (1873 - 1934) m 1899|
| |_Immalene LNU (COBB) _
| (1842 - 1897) m 1863
|
|--Betty J. WILLIS
| (1928 - ....)
| ______________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | |______________________
| |
|_Alta B. LNU (WILLIS) _|
(1908 - ....) m 1926 |
| ______________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|______________________
[2890] This person is presumed living.