WELCOME!

to BOB HAMPTON'S PLACE

Liberty Hill, McMinn CO, TN

Family Group of

James Wesley "Bob" Hampton b 13 Mar 1879 Cherokee CO, NC d 3 Dec 1960 McMinn CO, TN buried Hampton Family Cemetery, Liberty Hill, McMinn CO, TN
occupation - owner and operator of sawmill; also farmer
photo of Bob Hampton standing on his front porch at Liberty Hill
photo of Bob and Merky Hampton's home at Liberty Hill
photo of Bob and Merky Hampton's tombstone
son of Rev. John Henry Hampton & Phoeba Jane Roberts of Beaverdam Township, Cherokee CO, NC

m (1) 18 Apr 1900 Cherokee CO, NC by W. R. B. Bell, J. P. TO
America "Merky" Sevilla Davis b 14 Oct 1882 Cherokee CO, NC d 15 Aug 1932 Liberty Hill, McMinn CO, TN buried Hampton Family Cemetery, Liberty Hill, McMinn CO, TN
Bob and Merky Hampton family photo
photo of Merky Hampton standing on her porch at Liberty Hill
"Across the Unakas Hitched to Buck and Baldy" by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
"The Night the Stars All Fell" by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
dau of Rev. George Washington "Wash" Davis & Mary Ann McDonald of Beaverdam Township, Cherokee CO, NC

m (2) after death of 1st wife TO
Minnie Crockett b (lived at Etowah and Niota, McMinn CO, TN) d TX

issue: [all by America (Davis) Hampton]
1(F) Ella Azilee Hampton b 26 Mar 1901 Hanging Dog, Cherokee CO, NC d 17 Mar 1973 Ft. Oglethorpe, GA buried Greenwood Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton CO, TN
photo of Azilee (Hampton) Cline
m (1) 19 May 1918 Monroe CO, TN TO
Joseph Oliver Cline b 22 Jul 1900 Monroe CO, TN d 21 Mar 1927 Knoxville, Knox CO, TN buried Ebenezer Baptist Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
Joseph Oliver Cline, Sr.

m (2) 12 July 1930 McMinn CO, TN TO but divorced ca. 1931
Horace Buckner b d

2(F) Mary Jane Hampton b 28 Jul 1903 Hanging Dog, Cherokee CO, NC d 3 Dec 1946 buried Cochran Cemetery, Englewood, McMinn CO, TN
m (1) TO
John R. Adams b 24 Sep 1901 d 1 Aug 1977 buried Lewis B. Adams Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m (2) TO
William "Bill" J. Pangle b d

3(M) Homer George Hampton b 26 May 1906 Monroe CO, TN d 3 Feb 1991 Chattanooga, Hamilton CO, TN buried McMinn Memory Gardens, McMinn CO, TN
m TO
Lula Sue Stiles b 14 Nov 1909 Englewood, McMinn CO, TN d 2 Jan 2004 Chattanooga, Hamilton CO, TN buried McMinn Memory Gardens, McMinn CO, TN

4(F) Polly Magusta "Gussie" Hampton b 28 Dec 1908 Monroe CO, TN d 21 Jun 1994 Cleveland, Bradley CO, TN buried Rose Hill Memorial Gardens, Manchester, Coffee CO, TN
m 29 May 1929 McMinn CO, TN TO
Edward C. Ervin b 8 Jun 1910 d 24 Jun 1982 buried Rose Hill Memory Gardens, Manchester, Coffee CO, TN

5(F) Vista "Vistie" Lucille Hampton b 6 Feb 1912 McMinn CO, TN d 12 Dec 1996 buried Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Wildwood Rd, Maryville, Blount CO, TN
m 6 Oct 1934 TO
Edward "Ed" Pangle b 1 Jul 1914 d 5 Dec 1987 Huntsville, AL buried Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Wilwood Rd, Maryville, Blount CO, TN
Nonaburg School photo of Uncle Ed

6(F) Blanche Hampton b 10 Jul 1914 McMinn CO, TN d 23 Feb 1986 Knoxville, Knox CO, TN buried Mars Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
m TO
Lowell Kingston Armstrong b 9 Apr 1914 d 5 Dec 1982 buried Mars Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO,TN

7(M) Dewey Cliffton "Cliff" Hampton b 31 Jan 1917 McMinn CO, TN d 10 Nov 1981 Wichita, KA buried Sherwood Memory Gardens, Alcoa, Blount CO, TN
m TO
Frances Lee Miller b 25 Jul 1921 Niota, McMinn CO, TN d 6 Feb 2002 Chattanooga, Hamilton CO, TN buried Sherwood Memory Gardens, Alcoa, Blount CO, TN

8(F) Nell Lee Hampton b 4 Nov 1920 McMinn CO, TN d 9 Aug 1995 Cleveland, Bradley CO, TN buried Hampton Family Cemetery, Liberty Hill, McMinn CO, TN
m (1) TO
Lowell C. Axley, Sr. b 1919 d 27 June 2001 Mt. Harmony, McMinn CO, TN buried Mt. Harmony Cemetery
son of Ernest & Lillie (White) Axley
divorced and remarried (2) 1945 TO
Lilburn "Lib" Joe Stover b 12 May 1913 d 18 Aug 2003 Cleveland, Bradley CO, TN buried Hampton Family Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN

9(F) Zettie Rose Hampton b 26 Apr 1922 McMinn CO, TN d infancy buried Hampton Family Cemetery, Liberty Hill, McMinn CO, TN

10(M) Raulston Virgil "R. V." Hampton b 28 Aug 1923 McMinn CO, TN d 25 Jun 1940 of accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound while hunting, buried Hampton Family Cemetery, Liberty Hill, McMinn CO, TN
m never

11(F) Rena "Reenie" Ellen Hampton b 24 Apr 1927 McMinn CO, TN d
m (1) TO
Lloyd Matthews (divorced)
m (2) TO
Charles Newman (divorced)
m (3) TO
Sam Odle (divorced)
m (4) TO
Jim Joyner b d

I will forever be thankful for and appreciative of Mama who helped with gathering this information and carefully preserved precious photos. Others who helped were Mamaw Cline (Azilee Hampton Cline), Aunt Billie Nichols, Aunt Pattie Lingerfelt, Aunt Gussie Ervin, and Mary Lee Farmer. Also, thanks to second Cousin Anissa Ingram for info on her grandparents, Vistie and Ed Pangle above!

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Sandra Ratledge

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