Photograph Album
~ A Glimpse of the Good Old Days ~
You are invited to mail photos or jpg files for links as a memorial tribute to any of the folks listed in the family groups. All photos are arranged alphabetically by surname. For additional family surnames, check maiden names listed in parentheses.
ASHE
Joseph M. & Margaret "Maggie" (Davis) Ashe
BAKER
James C. Baker, Sr.'s tombstone
James Lafayette "Fate" & Martha "Mattie" Rebecca (Cagle) Baker
Nancy Jane Baker's tombstone
BARNETT
Dorotha "Dolly" (Baker) Barnett's tombstone photo
William "Bill" Barnett's tombstone
William Riley & Alzena (George) Barnett's tombstone
CHURCHES, CEMETERIES & CONGREGATIONS
Ebenezer Baptist Church & Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
Eleazer Methodist Church & Cemetery, Monroe CO, TN
Fairview Baptist Church congregation, ca. 1911
Liberty Hill Church of Christ & Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
Niota Methodist Church Bible Class, 1915
Old Liberty Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
Prospect Methodist Church & Cemetery, McMinn CO, TN
Old St. Paul's Lutheran Church & Cemetery Newton, Catawba CO, NC
Shady Grove Baptist Church & Cemetery, Mecca Pike, Monroe CO, TN
CLINE
David Anthony Cline's tombstone
Edith Caroline (Cochran) Cline Martin's tombstone
Ella Azilee (Hampton) Cline
Ella Azilee (Hampton) Cline's tombstone
James Joseph C. "Joe" Cline
James Joseph C. "Joe" Cline cutting timber on the farm
James Joseph C. & Margaret (Barnett) Cline at home with son Ode Cline
James Joseph C. Cline's home place & farm
James Joseph C. & Margaret (Barnett) Cline's tombstone
Joseph Oliver Cline, Sr. in Coltharp School group of 1917
Joseph Oliver Cline, Sr.
Joseph Oliver Cline, Sr.'s tombstone
Sarah Adeline (Roberts) Cline at home on the farm
Sebastian Klein's tombstone photo
William Edward "Chief" Cline & great-granddaughter Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge on the farm
home of William Edward "Chief" & Sarah Adeline (Roberts) Cline at Ebenezer, Monroe CO, TN
William Edward "Chief" & Sarah Adeline (Roberts) Cline's tombstone
COLE
Amos Cole & Frank Hampton
COLEMAN
Winfred Absalom & Mattie Lee (Goins) Coleman on wedding day
COOK
M. Alfred "Alf" & Roena "Een" (Hampton) Cook & family
CUNNINGHAM
Adeline (Caldwell) Cunningham's tombstone
Crit Cunningham's log home at Jalapa
David Cunningham's tombstone
Edward D. & Julia Angeline (Wright) Cunningham & children at home in Retrop, OK
Edward D. & Julia Angeline (Wright) Cunningham at home in Stafford, OK
DAVIS
Andrew Newton & Theodocia (Land) Davis
Rev. George Washington & Mary Ann (McDonald) Davis
James Ervin Davis
Robert Elmer Davis
GAY
John & Alice America (Lewis) Gay & family
GOLD
John M. & Mary E. (Goins) Gold & family
GOINS
Catherine (Robinson) Goins
James Durham & Mary "Polly" Goins' family photo
James Riley & Naomi (Hampton) Loudermilk Goins' family photo
James Robert "Bob" & Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" (Burton) Goins
Raymond "Dick" Goins
GRIGSBY
Tom & Nina L. (Goins) Grigsby & baby
GRAVES
Bud & Spaude (Hampton) Graves photo at home
Spaude (Hampton) Graves and children
Spaude (Hampton) Graves in later years
HALL
Burton Kimsey Hall
Nancy (Sutton) Hall
HAMPTON
America Sevilla (Davis) Hampton on her porch at home in Liberty Hill
Frank Hampton & Amos Cole
Frank D. & Rachel Ella (Davis) Hampton
M. Ella (Hampton) Harper
Hattie (Matheson) Hampton
James Madison & Elizabeth M. (Brown) Hampton
James Wesley "Bob" Hampton at home in Liberty Hill, McMinn CO, TN
James Wesley & America Sevilla (Davis) Hampton & family
James Wesley & America Sevilla (Davis) Hampton's tombstone in the Hampton Family Cemetery, Liberty Hill
John Henry & Phoebe Jane (Roberts) Hampton (photos # 1 & 2)
John Henry & Phoebe Jane (Roberts) Hampton (photo # 3)
John Henry Hampton's tombstone
Phoebe Jane (Roberts) Hampton on visit with Spaude in the Knobs
Phoebe Jane (Roberts) Hampton's tombstone
Rev. Tilman H. & Rebecca (Cobb) Hampton's tombstone
William H. "Bill" Hampton with Argyle Lee
HISTORIC SITES
Rocky Mount, Territorial Capitol 1790-92
HOME PLACES
Joseph C. Cline's home & farm at Ebenezer, Monroe CO, TN
William Edward "Chief" & Sarah Adeline (Roberts) Cline's old home, Ebenezer, Monroe CO, TN
Crit Cunningham's log home at Jalapa
Samuel E. & Elizabeth (Wilson) Gay's cabin in "Gay Holler," McMinn CO, TN
James Wesley "Bob" Hampton's home place at Liberty Hill, McMinn CO, TN
George Gillespie's old stone house at Limestone, TN
Ephraim M. & Anna (Lovelace) Manis' old log cabin, McMinn CO, TN
John L. & May Annie (Sutton) Stiles' home on Persimmon Creek, Cherokee CO, NC
the old long house of Isaac Gillespie Wilson at Wilson Station, Monroe CO, TN
KELSO
James H. & Eliza Adeline (Wilson) Kelso & family at home with barn in background
Thomas Jefferson & Ida S. (Sain) Kelso
LEE
Argyle Lee with Bill Hampton
Nancy Jane (Tucker) Lee
Robert Jackson Lee
LEWIS
Anderson Lewis
David Millard & Margaret (Cline) Lewis
MANIS
George Lane & Louise Caroline Cordia (Wilson) Manis & children
George Smith & Nancy Caroline (Randolph) Manis
James Harvey & Sarah E. (Randolph) Manis
James Harvey & Sarah E. (Randolph) Manis' family
Robert Lee & Carrie (Tallent) Manis
MARTIN
Carroll Martin
Carroll & Mary "Mollie" (Thomas) Martin sitting on the wagon
Edith Caroline (Cline) Martin's tombstone
John & Martha Jane "Pet" (Cline) Martin & family
Mary Emmaline (Thomas) Martin
William Martin's tombstone
MCDONALD
James "Jim" Lewis & Jemima "Mima" Lavina (Deaton) McDonald
James Lewis & Jemima Lavina (Deaton) McDonald's tombstone
Jephthah Joab "Jep" & Sarah Lourena "Raney" (Roberts) McDonald
Jonathan McDonald's tombstone
Newton "Newt" Dekalb & Savannah (Moreland) McDonald
MCDOWELL
Joseph Leander McDowell's tombstone
MCKEEHAN
Margaret Elizabeth "Bessie" (Tucker) McKeehan
Margaret Elizabeth "Bessie" (Tucker) McKeehan holding great-granddaughter Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
Mary (Manis) McKeehan and mother-in-law Nancy Jane (Large) McKeehan getting in the horseless carriage
Samuel McKeehan's tombstone
Sarah (Wattenbarger) McKeehan's tombstone
William Thomas & Margaret Elizabeth (Tucker) McKeehan and family
William Thomas & Margaret Elizabeth (Tucker) McKeehan's tombstone
MCNABB
photo of Henry Clay McNabb and William Preston McNabb in Civil War uniforms
MELTON
Fletcher Melton
NIPPER
Franklin Bogart Nipper
Leanna Nipper in Fairview Church group
Lucinda Breckinridge (White) Nipper with daughter Annie Lynnern (Nipper) Vaughn
Thomas "Tom" Franklin Nipper & son Robert Thomas "Tommy" Nipper
Thomas Franklin & Mary Jane "Susie" (McKeehan) Nipper wedding photo
Robert Thomas "Tommy" & Mary Beulah Mae (Cline) Nipper
Robert Thomas Nipper with his eighth grade school group
Robert Thomas Nipper, Boatswain's Mate aboard LSM 54, US Navy, WW II
PANGLE
Uncle Ed Pangle in Nonaburg School group
PATTERSON
John Sherman & Rachel Louisa "Ide" (Tucker) Patterson's wedding anniversary photos
John Sherman Patterson in Fairview Church group
Rachel Louisa "Ide" (Tucker) Patterson
Sarah "Sally" Jane (Tucker) Patterson
RANDOLPH
Martha "Mattie" (Avans) Randolph
RATLEDGE
Acton Ernest & Ethel Ruth (Coleman) Ratledge
Henry Lee "Buck" Ratledge with horse, Tinker
Henry Lee "Buck" & Kitty Mae (Robinson) Ratledge
James Franklin Ratledge & grandson Drew Ratledge
Melvin & Mary Jane (Ratledge) Fox family
Mollie (Robinson) Ratledge
Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
Shane Ratledge
Stephen & Lucky Ratledge as children with Granny Robinson
Shane Ratledge at Gillespie's Stone House
ROBERTS
Catherine (Gardner) Roberts' tombstones old & new
four generations of the Roberts family at the old home place in Mt. Vernon, Monroe CO, TN, 1898
John Samuel & Minerva Catherine (Wilson) Roberts
John Samuel Roberts' tombstone
Minerva Catherine (Wilson) Roberts' tombstone
Reason & Sarah Elizabeth (Sanderson) Roberts, Jr. family photo ca. 1892
William Roberts' tombstones old & new
William Squire Palmer Roberts and Sarah (Allen) Roberts' family photo
ROBINSON
Donnie Easter (Wilson) Robinson with great-grandsons & granddaughter
James Robinson
Nip & Tuck Robinson
SCHOOLS & GROUP PHOTOS
Clearwater Community School House and Group of 1900, first school in Clearwater, McMinn CO, TN
Coltharp School Group of ca. 1917
Mouse Creek School Group, ca. 1916, McMinn CO, TN
Mrs. Irene Grubb's 1934-35 Seventh Grade Class at North City Elementary School, Athens, TN
STILES
Jane Ellen (Baker) Stiles
John L. Stiles' tombstone
May Anne (Sutton) Stiles
photo of May Annie (Sutton) Stiles & Ethel Coleman at the Stiles' home on Persimmon Creek
Thomas & Louisa (Smith) Stiles' tombstones
SUTTON
Eliza (McDowell) Sutton's tombstone
TUCKER
Edmond Tucker's tombstone
George Richard & Unia Washington (Dunaway) Tucker on the farm
George Richard & Unia Washington (Dunaway) Tucker's tombstone
James Willis & Sarah Jane (McDonald) Tucker and family
James Willis & Sarah Jane (McDonald) Tucker's tombstone
Rachel Louisa, Margaret Elizabeth, and Sarah Jane Tucker at Clearwater School
WATTENBARGER
Jackson Brownlow Wattenbarger family
Michael Wattenbarger
WELCH
Campbell Harrison & Stacy E. (Welch) Taylor and daughter Elizabeth
John B. & Elizabeth "Betty" (Blythe) Welch's tombstone
John Cobb Welch family in 1885
John Cobb Welch family in 1895
WHITE
Helen (Robinson) White with Donnie (Wilson) Robinson
Obediah Benjamin & Mary Jane (Brannon) White
Mary Jane (Brannon) White's tombstone
Obediah Benjamin White's tombstone
Obediah & Martha "Patsey" White's tombstone
WILSON
Isaac Gillespie Wilson
Isaac Gillespie & Rebecca Angeline (Cunningham) Wilson's tombstone
the old long house of Isaac Gillespie Wilson at Wilson Station, Monroe CO, TN
Rebecca Angeline (Cunningham) Wilson
~ TO BE CONTINUED ~
This site is dedicated to the memory of my mother Beulah Cline Nipper, a beautiful product of the Knobs.
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Sandra Ratledge
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