Born:             August 22, 1817       Wilkes County, Georgia

Died:             March 22, 1859 in "Hopewell," Caldwell Parish, Louisiana

Married:      Eliza Jane Tatum            picture of Eliza Jane Tatum
                        September 06, 1837   Autauga County, Alabama
                        daughter of Organ Tatum and Alcy Vardeman

Parents:      Howell Tatum, Jr and Rebecca Pearce

CHILDREN

   
 Benjamin Shamie Tatum

   Born:     June 30, 1839,         Union County,Arkansas
   Died:     March 06, 1847,     Union County, Arkansas     

Alice Jane Tatum

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     Born:     March 15, 1841, Union County, Arkansas
    Died:      January 01, 1861, El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas
    Married:  William J.Rowles
                  December 01, 1859, Union County, Arkansas   

Howell O. Tatum

     Born:          1843

William Davis Tatum

     Born:          December 27, 1846, Union County, Arkansas
    Died:         March 19, 1850, Union County, Arkansas

Jesse Pearce Tatum

     Born:          July 31, 1849, Union County, Arkansas
    Died:         February 01, 1928, El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas
    Married:     Valena Sevier Quinn, 1895

Oscar Hunter Tatum

    Born:          March 14, 1852, Union County, Arkansas
    Died:          April 04, 1925, Clark County, Arkansas
    Married:     Annie Yocum, February 02,1880

Elizabeth Albertine Tatum

      Born:          August 23, 1854, Union County,Arkansas
     Died:           November 07, 1941, El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas
     Married:     John Charles Carroll, September 03, 1873

Eddie P. Tatum

    Born:          1859, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
    Died:         After 1880