Lammon
The Genealogy of the Lammon Family
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| 151 | General Notes: B-SLC #1398560: Cemeteries of Henderson Co., Texas, Athens City Cemetery, old cem. section, p. 17. "Old Homes of Henderson County," p. 143-144, Henderson Co. Historical Commission, Athens, Texas, Publications Development Co., Crockett , Texas 75835. | Texana, Richardson (I13)
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| 152 | General Notes: B&D- SLC #0924918, Dale Co. Alabama Cemeteries, p. 5. Birth: 25 Dec 1876, Dale County, AL Death: 11 Aug 1877, Dale County, AL Burial: Post Oak Methodist Cemetery, Dale County, AL | Smith, Johnnie M (I119)
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| 153 | General Notes: B&D- SLC #1398560 Cemeteries of Henderson Co., Texas, old cemetery section, p. 17. | Lammons, Infant (I37)
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| 154 | General Notes: B&D-SLC #0924918: Dale Co. Alabama Cemeteries, Post Oak Methodist Cem. p.4. 1880 Dale Co. Alabama Census. Middle name from Barbara Helland, 855 Mande Court, Shalimar, FL 32579. | Lammon, Angus Little (I88)
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| 155 | General Notes: B&D-Social Security Index. M-SLC #1481020: Henderson Co., Texas Marriages, Vol 8, p.260. | Spencer, Mattie Belle (I39)
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| 156 | General Notes: Correspondence from Owen Daniel McEachern, grandson, via Jane Linton, P.O. Box 218, Gordon, Alabama 36343. "James Owen, the son of John and Sarah Ann Lammons McEachern, was born at Barnes Cross Roads, Dale County, Alabama, October 28, 1854. He attended public schools there, and then took additional courses, which qualified him to be a schoolteacher. Mary Barton Miller was born in 1860 and she was 20 years old when she fell in love with James Owen. They were married in 1880 and, not long after that, they moved to Pike County, Alabama, where he became a teacher at Blackwood School. There, their first two sons were born. With their growing family, James Owen and Mary decided to make a change, and during the latter part of 1885, moved to Dothan, Alabama. James Owen entered into a partnership there with his cousin, Earley Garner, in a hardware business. James Owen also became an administrative assistant to Dothan's first mayor and a few years later became the third mayor of Dothan. In 1892 Mary contracted typhoid fever. She lingered 88 agonizing days and then quietly passed away November 30, 1892. She was buried in the Dothan City Cemetery. With the death of his wife, James Owen was left with three young sons to raise, Alvin 11, James Cleveland 8, and Daniel Carlie 3. He prevailed on his widowed mother, Sarah Ann Lammons McEachern, to leave Dale County and come to Dothan to help raise the children. She accepted the challenge, bringing with her Daniel Carlie, her bachelor son (Uncle Pick) who lived with her. In the meantime the hardware store was suffering from neglect and was not doing well financially. Too, there were differences of opinion between the partners over management policies, which led to the sale of the business. In 1894 James Owen moved the family to the nearby small settlement of Dundee, and began farming there. After almost two years at Dundee, it did not appear that the family could make a go of it there, and James Owen began exploring other possibilities. He still owned his house and lot in Dothan, and was finally able to swap it, "Even-Steven", to a Doctor Chapman for 40 acres of land, with a house thereon, at Thurston, Geneva County, Alabama, about 40 miles away. The family, including James Owen, Sarah Ann, Uncle Pick, Alvin, James Cleveland, and young Daniel Carlie, were on their way to their new home on January 1, 1896. The date was well remembered because of the bitter cold and the 14 inches of snow on the ground, something most unusual in that area. After they were settled in at Thurston, they began clearing and cultivating the land. With Sarah Ann doing the housework, and the men and boys doing the farm work, they adjusted easily to their new surroundings. On August 6, 1900, James Owen was elected tax assessor for Geneva County and served in that capacity from September 1, 1900 through August 31, 1905. The usual term of four years had been extended to five years due to a change in the election laws. During his term of office, James Owen purchased an additional 160 acres of land at Thurston from William Holloway. In 1903, the 3 McEachern sons, Alvin, James Cleveland, and Daniel Carlie decided to go out on their own and moved to Hartford, Alabama, where they established a furniture store. It was in Hartford that Alvin and James Cleveland met the girls who would later become their wives. While James Owen was tax assessor he met Lou Ada Hagans, an illiterate girl who lived with her parents, Z.B. and Martha Riley Hagans. Lou Ada had been born in Dale County, Alabama, September 24, 1886. The two soon fell in love and were married at the bride's home on Sunday, October 15, 1904. James Owen taught her how to read and write, and do mathematics. When his eyesight failed in his declining years, she was able to handle all his correspondence and all accounting records. Soon after the marriage of James Owen and Lou Ada, his brother, "Uncle Pick" and their mother, Sarah Ann, moved to a house on his own land about a mile away. Sarah Ann did the housekeeping chores while "Uncle Pick" managed the farm work. This set-up continued for some time, until "Uncle Pick" was able to employ two colored workers to live with them, Minnie Collier who would cook and handle the housework, and Frank Parks, who would assist with the farm work. In the meantime, to make room for the two new employees, Sarah Ann moved back in with James Owen and his wife, Lou Ada. The furniture store in Hartford had done well for several years, but by 1909 was beginning to fall on hard times, and plans were made to sell the business, the sale was finally consummated in April 1910, and on May 1, 1910, was turned over to the new owners. On that date Danile Carlie and James Cleveland returned to Thurston and moved in with "Uncle Pick" and assisted with the farm work. Alvin remained in Hartford for a time as he had married in 1908, and had a young son. They were having a house built in Thurston, and when it was completed in 1910 he and his family moved there. At about the same time, Sarah Ann decided to visit friends and relatives at the old home place in Dale County. While there she became ill, and on June 27, 1911, she died. She was buried at Mount Olive Cemetery in the Rocky Head community in Dale County. The McEacherns used the proceeds from the sale of the furniture store to buy an additional 320 acres of land at Thurston from William Holloway. This brought the family holdings to 520 acres, and it was decided at this time to formally divide the acreage among the family. James Cleveland was given power of attorney to accomplish this through a series of deeds. The McEacherns cleared and cultivated their lands, raising corn, cotton, and peanuts, as well as livestock. In addition to the crops, they did a thriving business smoking and curing hams, bacon, and sausage, shipping it throughout the south. They also used the meat in paying workers to stump and clear their land." --Owen Daniel McEachern | McEachern, James Owen (I60)
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| 157 | General Notes: From Elmer Burns Lammon. The "B" in mother's name is not the initial letter of a name. The letter "B" is, itself, her middle name. Mother was tall and pretty in her youth. She was a wonderful cook and worked in restaurants much of her adult life, first as a waitress and later as cook and owner. She got along very well with the kitchen help, the waitresses, and people in general. She could cook without reference to recipes, judging amounts of different ingredients by taste or judgment. She authored several recipes that were recognized with honors, such as her recipe for peanut pie. She had a wonderful sense of humor, too. One of her practical jokes, I recall, happened at Christmas in 1969. I had been attending the first semester of graduate business school at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school had a well-deserved reputation for putting its students through a regimen of very much hard work and study. The required reading and study for the next day's classes took so much time each day that I grew a beard in order to avoid wasting time shaving. Preparing to make the trip to Enterprise for Christmas, I called mother to tell her that I would be flying into Dothan and to ask her to meet me at the airport. Since she had never seen me with a beard, I told her that she might not recognize me at the airport because I had grown a beard. The flight was uneventful. The plane landed at the Dothan airport. I got out of the plane, walked toward the terminal, anxious to see her. Finally, I made it to the door. I looked around - didn't see her anywhere. I went on deeper into the lobby - she was nowhere in sight. Surely, I thought, she could not have forgotten to meet me. There were people standing around in the lobby and Dothan terminal is not large. Finally, I noticed a tall woman with red hair. She was heavily made-up, with dark eyelashes, lots of eye shadow, too much rouge and lipstick. This woman looked like a whore in a B-movie As I kept looking, I realized that I was the butt of this joke. Indeed, it was mother, of course, at her best. She figured that if I were going to be hard to recognize, then so would she. Donnie and Ed owned restaurants at two different times. The first was Lammon's Cafe on S. Main Street in Enterprise. I was too small to remember why this business didn't prosper. I think that, in losing it, Mother decided that if she ever had another one, she would make a go of it. She had great will and determination. | Beagles, Donnie B (I323)
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| 158 | General Notes: Ibid . B&D-Social Security Index & daughter, Sharon Lammon Tracy. Note from John Floyd Lammon [with edits in brackets by Foy's daughter, Sharon]: Both Freddie Foy Lammon and James Floyd Lammon were born in Hartford, Alabama. Both left home in their early years. Freddie went to Arkansas and James went west to California. Neither finished High School with James completing only the eighth grade. [Freddie finshed high school.] Freddie met and married Mary Osborn [in Arkansas]. Their first child was Freddie Franklin Lammon [II] who was born in Arkansas and named after his grandfather, Freddie Franklin Lammon. The three moved to Kentfield, California about two years later. Their second child was James Carlton Lammon who died at birth due to birthing complications. They moved to Marin, California where their third child, Sharon Lee Lammon, was born. They remained in Marin and their fourth and last child, Cindy Louise Lammon, was born. They moved to Hayward, California where Freddie Foy Lammon lived until his death in 1993 of natural causes. Mary Lammon continues to live in the home they had together. Sharon Lammon was married three times and is currently living in the state of Oregon [Washington]. Sharon had no children. Cindy Lammon has been married twice giving birth to two children, Larry Benjamin Hall and Jennifer Leann Hall. Cindy continues to live in the Hayward area. Larry Benjamin Hall moved to Oregon where he fathered two [three] children, Timothy Joel Hall, Travis Jordan Hall [and Tyler James Hall]. Larry Hall and his family continue to reside in Oregon. Freddie Foy Lammon served in the U. S. Navy [Army] during World War 11 and was honorably discharged. He developed a skill as a mechanic, which was his trade throughout his life. He worked for several companies. He and James Floyd Lammon went into business together, which lasted for a couple of years. He ultimately opened his own business[, the last one] in Union City, California. He named his business the Lammon Auto Repair and was located only a few miles from his home. He continually worked in his business until his retirement in the late 1970's. Early in his life, following his discharge from the Navy [Army], he developed an alcohol abuse problem, which followed him for several years. His friends and family continued by him through these trying times. Alcohol continued to be his problem and was his escape while dealing with the first real tragedy of his life: the death of his second child, James Carlton Lammon. For no known reason and sometime in the early 1960's, Freddie Foy Lammon developed a relationship with God. He stopped drinking and never had another drink for the rest of his life. His faith kept him strong and he never wavered in his devotion to God and this enabled him to deal with what was probably the second most tragic event in his life - the death of his first born, Freddie Franklin Lammon II, who died tragically in an automobile accident in 1966 while making a delivery for his father. In fact, the contrary occurred. He increased his devotion to his family and friends; he worked harder to improve his business; and, his faith in God seemed to increase. He became a devoted parishioner to his church, the Christian World Ministries, and helped others work through the same tragedies and problems that he himself had lived through. Note from daughter, Sharon: First a bit about my dad Freddie Foy Lammon. He was born Nov 2, 1912 named at birth Eddie Foy. When he started school he insisted on being called Freddie Foy. However, his family called him Foy. Later when dad went into the Army, He was told he would have to legally change his name to Freddie if he wanted to use it. He wanted to be Freddie, not Eddie, so he legally had his name changed. By the time I was born people called him Fred, except Uncle James, Howard, Carl, and any one else in the Lammon family. So when you talk about my dad to the family he's best known as Foy. Rachael Lammon would know him as Foy. You said she was sharp. Well, since dad was 41 when I was born, I can only share what I was told up till then. Howard would be able to tell more. Howard and Carl Lee were real close to my dad. Howard said he and Carl would go with my dad on his dates. You figure daddy was about 19 or 21 years older, when they were born. My dad told me a few things. One story was about him and one of his cousins. There was a stack of wood piled up behind the girl's outhouse. Which sat in the field where the boys played baseball. Dad and this cousin, I'm not sure who, but I think it was Royce. They planned between them selves. That the next time the baseball was hit over by the outhouse, and one of them had the chance to run after it. They would grab a board from the stack of wood, and shove it up under the girl's outhouse. And it happens! Then they waited not days but weeks dad said before the next chance came. Well it did, and one of them ran by and jumped on that board. Now, is that not an awful thing to do? But I would laugh and laugh so hard. Can you imagine what that poor girl looked like? I do believe my dad got a kick out of that story every time he told it because he would laugh as hard as I did. Daddy was a severe alcoholic. And he would not mind me telling you this, because he would want you to know what God did for him. In 1961 at age 49 my dad came home after a weeklong binge. And the pastor just happen to call, dad ask him to come over. He told my mother (Mary) I need help. I can't live like this any more! Rev. Wilson came over and prayed with my dad. Notice I said prayed with him not for him. I believe that this is what makes the difference. Daddy wanted to be delivered from the one thing that had haunted him. My mother also had been fasting that whole week. Now you can say what you want, but that is when our home began to change. Some family members remembered just how bad he was. I myself can, but I also witnessed the change. Until my dad died he lived 32 more years from that very day clean and sober. Not that everything was perfect, but it was the beginning. And later about 1987 he was made an elder of his church. He and my mom also help home mission churches get started with as little as five members. And watch them grow into congregation large enough to build or buy a new church. He truly loved the Lord and was always grateful for each year he lived. About eight years after he stopped drinking in 1969, we almost lost dad. He had more than half of his stomach removed from bleeding ulcers. It was said he only had about three pints of blood left, and we would be lucky if he lives and if he does, there probably would be brain damage. He did live, but was unable to work and had to take an early retirement. I can tell you that there was no brain damage. None! Thank God. And later when he gained strength he worked out of his home. He had taught many young men the automobile trade. These men now make their livings in the auto mechanics trade. There are times I miss him so much when I smell gas or go into a shop. By the way did I tell you he was a mechanic? A great mechanic! We grew up in the shops. As a matter of fact when dad almost died in 1969 he had a Texaco station. My cousin Virginia and I ran the gas station. Dad had a garage in 1962 he called LAM-MON AUTO REPAIR. The sign was black with bright reddish orange letters. This sign was up on top of the building bigger and brighter than any one else's. You couldn't miss it! He told me the LAM-MON being spelled this way was to catch the eye. And if that didn't work those bright letters would. Elmer, you said it was known that the LAMMON boys were jokesters. And according to daddy they were, but they loved their family. I ask my sister Cindy Louise (Lammon) Denham what would she say stood out most in her mind and life about dad? She said she always felt safe and loved. We knew we would never want for anything. He probably over did it. We were connoisseurs of every kind of food you could imagine. I believe this stemmed from his family going through the depression in the 30's. Now, about that time, Mom said, that was when Big Daddy and family came to CA. Howard Lee was born in CA. Big Daddy (Freddie Franklin Lammon) made knifes and sold them. And I heard Big Momma never really got over it, she seen her grand children go without enough to eat. I heard Aunt Erna Lee and my dad talk about her, being very sad even after they moved back to Alabama. Napier Field was where they ended up. When I was 11 years old, we took our first trip back to dad's birthplace in Alabama. He felt we should know where our family came from. That's when I was told about the Cotton Gin. And that, for years, the next owners would paint over the words LAMMON and SONS, but they would bleed though every time. So our great grand father and his boys must have own it at one time. I was told things I did not remember until the last few years - some of the pictures we have of grave sites there in Alabama with the names Fields, Barnes, Lammon. Well I should tell you about my bother Freddie Franklin Lammon II. He was known for his building of go-carts, and mini bikes. He would take and sell his prize mini bike, buy parts to build three or four more. Sell them and buy back his prize one and make money. He had one of the best looking and fastest go-carts ever. He loved to fish, go frog gigging, camping and motorbikes. I guess you know by now, he too was a mechanic. He was on his way to work when he had the accident that caused his death. The tire blew. Two other people lost their lives - he never knew this. He lived two days and kept telling mom and dad to tell the two ladies he was sorry. This was very hard on mom and dad. Daddy's bloodline would end here, but for my sister's son Larry Benjamin Hall. Name change, but most certainly a Lammon. He is a fine man. He says Grandpa taught him every thing he knows. Using the skill of his hands, he now works in industrial construction. And he too is very proud to be a part of the Lammon family. Ben has three boys of his own, Timothy, Travis and Tyler. The one big reason why I am making sure they have this book about the Lammons. Their Grandmother, Cindy Louise (Lammon) Denham is also proud to be a Lammon. Daddy made us proud! The other person who is just as wonderful is my sister's daughter. Jennifer Leann Hall, a beautiful young lady who also has the god given talents of our forefathers or, I should say, grandmothers. She started working a cash register at seven years old in the first restaurant I managed. Well I've started this letter a few times, and after talking to you yesterday I need to finish it. Ben and Julie have another boy, Tyler. He was born Nov. 4, 2001 almost 4 months old now another Great Grandchild to dad. Jennifer and her husband David Carroll have had their first child Natasha. This would be daddy's first Great Granddaughter born Dec. 20 2001. Two months and 9 days old today. You ask me about my grandfather. He did help build the Golden Gate Bridge, daddy also work on the bridge. I wish we had pictures of this happening. I'm not able to tell a whole lot about Big Daddy because I never knew him. But my mother says he was wonderful to her. He would let her take iodine and draw pictures on top of his head - he was bald. As a child I thought this was so funny and would picture my mother doing this. She was only 16, and a little thing. I would love to tell all of the stories dad told but just can't remember them all. I will be sending pictures of dads Great Grandchildren to you Sunday. My sister and I have wonderful memories of our dad and thoughts of family because of dad's portrayal of them. | Lammon, Eddie Foy (I378)
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| 159 | General Notes: Ibid. And from Catherine Lammon Haponski via Elmer Lammon. The following note from Wendy Ann Hines: Hard-working, opinionated, politically active, matriarch, family oriented, fiery hot tempered. | Lammon, Florrie (I356)
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| 160 | General Notes: Info and note from daughter Gloria Gene Broyles. Bubba Broyles was born in the year 1900 in Riverside, Texas. His mother's name was Alice Traylor Broyles, and he was one of 3 children. Bubba loved to play the cornet; he ran away from home in 1916 and joined the Army Air Corp where he was a 'Bugle Boy'. Later in life, he would play with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey in Louisiana. Bubba passed away in 1972. | Broyles, James Edwin (I355)
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| 161 | General Notes: Info and note from wife, Carol: Gene's birth mother, Ella Susan Hicks Hatcher, was married to Green Madison Hatcher, a brother of his adoptive father John. Before Gene was born his mother had asked Flaudie Lammon Hatcher to promise to take care of Gene if anything happened to her. Ella died the day after giving birth to Gene. So it was by mutual agreement that John and Flaudie adopted him. Gene did not have much contact with his birth family until much later in this life. He married Carol Joyce Forbus August 9, 1952, in Tarrant, Jefferson Co., Alabama. They lived in Birmingham, Scottsboro, and Huntsville, Alabama, before moving to Taylors, SC. The following text is taken from Gene's obituary, kindly provided by his wife Carol: Tully Eugene "Gene" Hatcher, 72, husband of Carol F. Hatcher, of 203 Woodleigh Drive, died Aug. 22, 2001. Born in Geneva County, Ala., he was a son of the late John Albert and Flaudie Lammons Hatcher. Mr. Hatcher was a former specifications writer with LTV Electrosystems and J.E. Sirrine Engineers and technical writer with Hayes Aircraft, Northrop Space Division. He also served in public relations with Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, and was editor of the Jackson County Newspaper, Scottsboro, Alabama. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Athens College and a Bachelor of Theology Degree from Southeastern Bible College. He was ordained into the ministry at Central Baptist Church, Tarrant, Alabama and pastored churches in Gaylesville, Alabama, as well as Gurley Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Gurley, Alabama. Surviving in addition to his wife are a son and daughter-in-law, Howard R. and Judy T. Hatcher, of Marietta, Ga.; a daughter, Camille J. Hatcher, of Greenville; two grandchildren, Brandon M. and Christopher M. Hatcher, both of Marietta, Ga.; a sister, Eunice Anders, of Dothan, Ala.; two half-sisters, Mary Lou Hearn of Fayetteville, Ga., and Betty Fairchild of Texas; three half brothers, Frank Hatcher of Montgomery, Ala., Joseph Hatcher of South Carolina, and Dan Hatcher of Bonifay, Fla.; and a number of nieces and nephews…. | Hatcher, Tully Eugene (I391)
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| 162 | General Notes: Info from "The Lammon Tree" and Catherine Lammon Haponski. Mabel was a member of the Highland Gardens Baptist Church and Order of Eastern Star, Montgomery Grand Chapter. Note from Bobby and Anne Hines: Mabel was a homemaker. She raised three children and help raise many grandchildren. She loved fishing and cooking. | Lammon, Mabel Murdock (I343)
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| 163 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Gould, Patricia Ann (I780)
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| 164 | General Notes: Info from Mary Jane Gould. Note from self: Professional Experience: 1987 -to present Gould Insurance Agency, Inc. Owner/ Office Manager/ Accounting! Computer Technician 1990-1997 Gould Marine Corporation Owner/ Accountant/ Manager/ Accountant/ Manager 1985-1989 PLG, Inc./DBA Lakeland Financial Security of Texas Founder/ Owner/ Manager 1964-1965 Attorneys' Title Company Title Research Education: Southern Methodist University -1962-64 Pine Manor Junior College- 1961-62 The Hockaday School of Dallas- graduated 1961 Founder's Day Award Highland Park ISD- 1949-1959 Civic Accomplishments: St. Matthias' Episcopal Church- Treasurer- 2001Central Business Association -Athens-Director 1997-2000 Chairman- 2001-2002 East Texas Medical Center Foundation Board-1998-present Foundation Executive Committee-1999-present St. Matthias' Episcopal Church- Vestry 1996-2001 Senior Warden- St. Matthias' Episcopal Church-1997-2001 Henderson County CAS A-Founding Board Episcopal Children's' Learning Center Board of Directors- 1994-1999 Financial Officer- 1995-1998 Treasurer of Episcopal Women- 1978-present President of Episcopal Women - many times President of Churchwomen United- 1980-82; 1985-86; 1989-90 Athens Citizen of the Year- 1973 Co-Founder of Lake land Community Concerts Series Board ofDirectors-4 years Founding Board of Athens Little Theater Henderson County Child Welfare Board Board of Directors- 1979-91 Chairperson-1982-84 Chair of the Region 07 Child Welfare Advisory Board-1984-86 Texas Council of Child Welfare Boards-Board-1986-88 Volunteer of the Year- 1988 East Texas Medical Center-Athens Board of Managers- 1987-1990 Athens Leadership Institute-Classl988 Leadership Texas- Class1989 Athens Jaycee-Ettes-he1d every office several times Jaycee-ette of the Year-3 times Texas Jaycee-ettes Vice President-1971-73 Awarded Honorary State Life Membership and Outstanding State Jaycee-ette of the Year- 1973 Chairman- American Cancer Society Golf and Gala- 1992 & 1993 Gala Committee-1994-99 United Way-Outstanding Service Award-1982 Board- 1983-89 March of Dimes- Chairman-1988 Athens Chamber of Commerce- Tourism Committee-1984-88; 1990-97;1998-2000; Chairman 1985-87 VIP Hostess and Guide-1990-93 Fund Raisers: United Way Young Life East Texas Medical Center Lakeland Community Concerts American Cancer Society- Chairman-2 years March of Dimes- Jail and Bail YMCA Athens Independent School District Advisor- 1986-89 Project 2025 - Treasurer Cain Civic Center- Ways and Means Board Chair- Arts Committee Hockaday School- Alumnae Board- 1986-88 Athens Listener's Club- Past President and Secretary | Lubben, Peggy Loraine (I406)
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| 165 | General Notes: Info from Owen Daniel McEachern. "William Lammons McEachern never married, as he enlisted in the Confederate army at the age of 18. His enlistment on June 18, 1863 was at Abbeville, Alabama. He had been a farmer in Dale County, Alabama, and was 5 feet, 8 inches tall, with blue eyes and dark hair. His complexion was fair. During his military service he became ill with fibrous typhoid and was admitted to the confederate hospital in Jackson, Mississippi on March 6, 1864. He lingered there until his death June 22, 1864." --Owen Daniel McEachern | McEachern, William Lammons (I57)
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| 166 | General Notes: Note and information from Carol herself: I attended Howard College, Birmingham, (Jefferson) Alabama, and Southeastern Bible College - (did not graduate.) Worked as a medical assistant in Birmingham, Ala; Scottsboro, Alabama, and Huntsville, Alabama. When we moved to Greenville, SC in 1966, I worked for Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company as a claims adjuster, claims manager, training coordinator and finally Manager of Claims Administration until retirement. Gene and I were fortunate to be able to make several trips - to Germany, France, Hawaii, Nova Scotia, Canada, Colorado, the canyon lands of Utah, Alaska. He loved making any kind of picture. Most of the pictures made of him were with a camera or two around his neck and in the snow. He loved God, his family, the mountains, snow and sightseeing. He had his first aneurysm in 1978 and was unable to return to work and could not drive. So I made sure we spent weekends as often as possible in the mountains so he could make pictures. | Forbus, Carol Joyce (I392)
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| 167 | General Notes: Note from daughter Catherine: Laura was born into a large family. Jimpsey and Elvira Dooling had 13 children. She quit school after the eighth grade to help on the farm, as so many people had to do during depression times. She went to a church meeting with a friend, Avis Lammon, and was introduced to Avis' brother, Otis. Laura was engaged to a gentleman who was away in the war (WW I.) Otis had been deferred from service since he worked in the cotton gin and helped supply material for the war effort. They eloped soon afterwards, and were married in Esto, Florida. They enjoyed 67 years together. Laura always was a homemaker. She loved to cook and was a wonderful cook. She enjoyed quilting, crocheting and fishing. Her first love was her yard, which she kept blooming with so many flowers all year. She could get lost with this hobby. She worked in her flowers until in her 80s. She was a devoted mother of three: Doyle, Bertram and Catherine. She died at 93 of natural causes. | Dooling, Laura Bell (I316)
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| 168 | General Notes: Note from husband Jim: Parents - Mildred Jane Sauer & Delbert William Welker Education - BA Ohio State University, MS University of Texas (Austin) Children - Nathaniel James Lammons (born 1993), Leah Corinne McCann (born 1983) & Noah Patrick McCann (born 1980) Hobby - reading | Welker, Debra Janell (I426)
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| 169 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Lammon, David Allen (I736)
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| 170 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Lammons, Michael Royal (I396)
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| 171 | General Notes: Note from mother, Carol: Camille J. Hatcher- (daughter Gene & Carol) Born November 18, 1959, in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. She attended schools in Greenville, South Carolina, finishing in drafting and AutoCad. She is employed as electrical designer in Taylors, SC. (2002) | Hatcher, Camille Joyce (I750)
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| 172 | General Notes: Note from Sharon Lammon: I do know that Irma served Foy with divorce papers after boot camp. Dad's going into the Army was unacceptable to Irma. That is why she divorces him. These were accounts that dad told me about because of my going through divorces. He always gave words of comfort. | Family: Eddie Foy Lammon / Irma Unknown (F169)
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| 173 | General Notes: Note from Wanda Gale Stafford: Census: -1900 Dale County, AL Census: listed as "Elias", 2 years old, born February 1898, in AL. Living in the household of his parents. Parents born in AL. -1910 Geneva County, AL Census: listed as William E., son, age 11, living in the household of his parents. Born in AL, parents born in AL. | Snell, William Elias (I281)
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| 174 | General Notes: Note from Wanda Gale Stafford: Census: -1900 Dale County, AL Census: listed as 8 months old, born September 1899, in AL. Living in the household of her parents. Parents born in AL. -1910 Geneva County, AL Census: 10 years old living in the household of her parents. Born in AL, parents born in AL. | Snell, Callie Mae (I283)
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| 175 | General Notes: Note from Wanda Gale Stafford: Census: -1900 Dale County, AL Census: listed as 4 years old, born May 1896, in AL. Living in the household of her parents. Parents born in AL. -1910 Geneva County, AL Census: 13 years old living in the household of her parents. Born in AL, parents born in AL. | Snell, Naomi Elizabeth (I279)
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| 176 | General Notes: Note from Wanda Gale Stafford: Obituary: August 22, 1992 Columbus Enquirer Section C, Page 6 Tommie Snell Tommie Snell, 64, of 2600 Ogletree St., Columbus, died Thursday at The Medical Center. A graveside funeral will be 2 p.m. Monday at Riverdale Cemetery, according to Colonial Funeral Home, Phenix City. Mr. Snell was born April 29, 1928, in Moultrie, Ga., son of Jamie W. and Sarah Snell. He attended the Bible Assembly of God Church. Survivors include a sister, Mary J. Butler of Jacksonville, Fla., and two brothers, Cleveland Snell of Columbus and James Wesley Snell of Baxley, Ga. | Snell, Tommie (I512)
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| 177 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Smock, Ronald Otto (I424)
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| 178 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Lammons, John Franklin (I393)
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| 179 | General Notes: The following information from Katheryn Anne Watts, (Dec 2000): Places of residence: Nebraska, Kansas Occupation: Computer Network Administrator Military: US Naval Reserve | Harkness, Klent Evern (I417)
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| 180 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Luther, William Bartholomew (I419)
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| 181 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Watts, Kathryn Anne (I415)
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| 182 | General Notes: The following information from Kathryn Anne Watts, (Dec 2000): Occupation: Physician Places of residence: Kansas, Oregon, Thailand Military: USAF | Davis, Ronald Baldwin (I416)
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| 183 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Watts, Richard Alan (I412)
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| 184 | General Notes: The following information from Kathryn Anne Watts, (Dec 2000): Religious affiliation: Baptist | Schwemmer, Betty Jane (I413)
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| 185 | General Notes: The following note from daughter Nancy: Una, who was a career woman well before it was fashionable to be so, worked as a bookkeeper/office manager for her career. They were always the favorite aunt and uncle as they did not have children of their own for the first 17 years of their marriage. In 1943, Nancy was born and then in 1948, Walt was born. Nancy and Walt grew up in Enterprise. | Yelverton, Una Lorene (I320)
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| 186 | General Notes: The Lammon Tree Davis B Bennett - Davis was good at carpentry; loved to garden and keep things repaired. He married Aline Lammon in Manatee, Florida, some time in 1930, during the depression. For fun, they would walk the beaches, catch fish and dig clams to cook near the water. Davis and Aline later moved to Miami, Florida, where Davis worked as a carpenter. During the 1950s they moved to Lake Wales, Florida, where A Z Lammon Marlow and husband Wade Marlow lived. Davis worked for the Seaboard Railroad in West Lake Wales, Florida, until he retired. He and Aline divorced during this time and Davis remarried. He continued living in West Lake Wales until his death in 1961. Davis Bennett was a hard-working, kind, gentle man who had many friends. He was greatly loved by his nieces, Sara and Alyce Marlow. - Alyce and Sara Marlow. | Bennett, Davis B (I338)
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| 187 | General Notes: THE LAMMON TREE From Helen Peckinpaugh Hines: William M. Hines is the brother of Henry Lee Hines (husband of Mabel Lammon) Therefore, Virginia Ann Hines, William Monroe Hines (William M's children) and Bobby Archie Hines and Mary Pearl Hines are double cousins. The following note from Wendy Ann Hines: Very generous, easy-going, loving, caring, painter. | Hines, William Monroe (I357)
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| 188 | General Notes: The Lammon Tree 1860 Dale Co. Alabama Census, Newton P.O., p. 721 or 223. 1870 Dale Co. Alabama Census, Barnes Cross Rd., Beat #12, p. 196. B-1880 Dale Co., Alabama Census, E.D. 66, Dwelling #100. B-1900 Dale Co., Alabama Census, Barnes Cross Road, E.D.69, Sheet 10,line 88, says born Jan 1825. D- SLC #0924918, Dale Co. Alabama Cemeteries, Old Post Oak (Methodist) Cemetery. p. 4. | Glenn, Thomas H. (I25)
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| 189 | General Notes: The Lammon Tree The following note from daughter Nancy: When Elmer Lammon left Hartford, Alabama in 1924 to seek his fame and fortune in the Navy, he had little idea of all of the changes that awaited him in the few years that would follow. The scrapbook that he kept through the two years that he spent traveling the world is something to treasure. When he returned at the death of his father, his sister Avis introduced him to her good friend, Una Yelverton. They were married in 1927 and lived in Enterprise, Alabama, most of their lives. Elmer, who could fix all kinds of machinery, owned and operated automobile garages for his life's work. **************************************************************************** The following note is from a videotape interview with sister, Avis, in the 1980's: AUNT AVIS: I was twenty-seven when I married. Then, I was twenty-eight, and I had - I married John Atkinson. He was a lot older than I was, had a grown family. We had three babies. And he was - when the oldest one was nine, he died. That was - John Keith was nine. Edward Lammon was four, and Jane was two. NANCY: Who was next? AUNT AVIS: Your father, Elmer, was next in age. And he married Una Yelverton. In what year? NANCY: In '27, I believe, wasn't it, or '24? AUNT AVIS: I don't know. We can look it up. NANCY: I think she graduated from high school in '24, and they married soon after that. Did they meet - now, you and Mother were friends? AUNT AVIS: Yeah. When he came home from the Navy - he was in the Navy when we moved here. And I never did tell her anything about Elmer - him anything about Una, nor Una anything about Elmer. But after he came home, he said, why didn't you tell me about this gal? And she said the same thing. I mean, they fell for each other, and I can't remember how soon they married, but they married secretly. ... NANCY: How long were Mother and Daddy secretly married? Why did they do it that way? AUNT AVIS: I don't know why they did it that way. If I ever did know, I don't remember. I don't remember why. I don't know how long they were secretly married. Elmer had gone to Montgomery to [work]- and was working and staying with Uncle Archie - the reason we were there at his house seeing him. And then, it wasn't long after that, till they came - he came home and he got a job here, and they rented an apartment right there on the corner of - do you remember? NANCY: I don't remember the name. I know they had that little service station. AUNT AVIS: I don't remember how long they were married before they - she came and they - she kept working, and he did too. ... AUNT AVIS: Elmer came home. Elmer came home from the Navy - I think this is right interesting too. Elmer was in the Navy when Papa was real ill, fixing to die. And we knew that he was going to die. So Mama tried every way she knew - all of us did - to get in touch with Elmer's commanding officer or whatever he was. And the last letter we had from Elmer he had come from the - brought from the Pacific side of the United States over to the Atlantic side. And we couldn't seem to get in touch with him. So Elmer called one day on the telephone, and he was in Jacksonville, Florida, when he called, and said, I haven't heard - he said, well, I haven't written y'all in a long time. He said, since I'm this near home, I wanted to let you know I was here. And so Mama told him about Papa being so ill. And he - they let him out of the Navy, and he didn't have to go back. His time was so near out, they just dismissed him then. So he came on home, and Papa died just a few days after Elmer got home. That was in - I declare. Let's see. I need that book, don't I? NANCY: I believe it was '24. ANN: About '24 because Daddy was about fourteen. NANCY: I think it was '24 or '25. ... AVIS ...and Mama had one baby that died while we lived there in Bellwood. Her name was Mary Lou. We called her Baby Lou. EDDIE: Is she buried in Bellwood or Hartford? AUNT AVIS: She's buried in Hartford. But she drank poison by mistake, thought it was milk, and it was potash. It had rained in a potash can, and she poured it in a little old glass and drank it, and it ate her stomach up. NANCY: Now, how old was she? AUNT AVIS: She was a year and a half - two and a half. No, I believe she was just a year and a half. ANN: That was sad. AUNT AVIS: That was - the only thing I can remember about that baby she was crying so, and I reckon they didn't know how to treat things then. They put her in a sheet and two people on each side and they would pour water on the sheet and let it run under her to cool her. She was just burning up, you know. I remember that. And I remember Mama walking the floor and patting her, as she'd walk around the corner of the porch. And I remember following her and looking at the baby. NANCY: Did she know that she had drunk this? AUNT AVIS: Yeah, yeah. ANN: As a matter of fact, I think your daddy always thought that he let her drink it and never did get over that, did he? AUNT AVIS: Yeah, but I didn't want to tell that. NANCY: Yeah, I remember him talking - AUNT AVIS: Yeah, he - the lime was in a can. Mama washed just outside the window, and somebody had broken the window out. So Elmer reached around there and got the can. And he saw that milk in it and poured it in a glass, and then, the baby took the milk and drank it. And Elmer never did get over that. ? NANCY: How old would was he? Just - AUNT AVIS: Well, let's see. I had started to school there, and he was two and a half years younger than me. So he wasn't any older than three. ANN: Yeah, He was just three or four years old. AUNT AVIS: He wasn't more than three 'cause I started school when I was five. ... NANCY: I think one - of course, it's not funny - I guess maybe it could be a little funny now - was the time that Daddy and Uncle Ed took off to California. ANN: California. Mother, you tell about that. NANCY: You need to tell that, because Mama never got over that, now, I'm telling you. ANN: And tell how y'all felt about it. DONNIE: It didn't bother me, as long as it didn't him. NANCY: Well, it bothered her. DONNIE: I didn't care for them going, myself. NANCY: Did y'all know they were going, though, before they just packed up the car and left? DONNIE: Yeah, I did. ANN: But, I mean, weren't you a little bit upset that you were working hard for a living, and Daddy was taking a month's vacation in California with Uncle Elmer? DONNIE: It didn't bother me too bad. NANCY: Well, I remember Mother made me go get in the car and lay down in the backseat so - as a stowaway - so they'd get way down the road and have to come back - discover me in the car. Well, they discovered me before they left actually. AUNT AVIS: I bet they did. NANCY: No, but she was upset about that. EDDIE: Well, whose idea was it for them to go? You don't know? NANCY: I don't know. Do you know? DONNIE: I think it was Daddy's. He wanted to go back over some of the places he had hoboed. AUNT AVIS: And Elmer, you know, was in the Navy out there, and Elmer went to that Knott's Berry Farm. And - seems like that's what they were going out to see about. DONNIE: Knott's Berry Farm? AUNT AVIS: Something about - Elmer was in the Navy with one of the sons of that Knotts or the Berrys, whichever the name is. And Elmer kept talking about it. And it seemed like that's where it was - was the beginning of that trip. Anyway, I know they went out there and hunted that boy. NANCY: They were gone for like three weeks and went to the Grand Canyon and the Painted Desert. ANN: Had pictures of - NANCY: Ed standing up in that barn. ANN: Where is that picture with Uncle Elmer standing up in that - NANCY: Oh, I've got them. They were in San Diego or somewhere like that. ANN: Brought Mama a jacket back that had Mexico written on the back and fringe all over it. EDDIE: I remember that. ANN: Yeah. NANCY: Mother never got over that, because she always wanted to go to California. And the one time they could have gone, they get in the car and just take off and go. ANN: Mama wore that jacket. DONNIE: Your mama, I believe, was jealous of Ed and your daddy. NANCY: Well, she - bless her heart. She was jealous, period, of anybody. I mean, she really was. AUNT AVIS: She didn't like anybody coming between her and what - NANCY: Whatever was important at the time. AUNT AVIS: - was hers. NANCY: Right. She was jealous. But that's always just been a funny story to me, how they'd just get in the car and just - EDDIE: Take off? NANCY: - take off to go three thousand miles. ANN: On vacation - NANCY: And leaving their wives and family. ANN: And didn't have a bit of money. I mean, it's not like we had a surplus of money to spend. NANCY: It would be interesting to know how much money they took. AUNT AVIS: How much they spent? NANCY: Exactly. DONNIE: Ed didn't take very much because he didn't have any. NANCY: Well, it probably wouldn't have taken, in that day and time, much, I wouldn't think. | Lammon, Elmer Fields (I319)
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| 190 | General Notes: The Lammon Tree & Jane Linton. 1900 Alabama Soundex B&DSocial Security Death Index. Irene graduated from Geneva County High School in 1916 and was valedictorian of her class. (The following is a transcription of handwritten notes to your editor by his Aunt Irene.) Edward Louis Lamont of Lamont Argylshire, Scotland, the 22nd Chieftain of the Clan Lamont-which we belong to. The Treasurer of the Clan wrote me from Scotland that Lammon is one of the original clan names--and he thinks goes back further than the actual name Lamont. The clan history goes back to about the year 1230 AD. I haven't been able to get all I want yet and don't know if I ever can. Duncan Lammon was Grandpa Lammon's father. Their father (Duncan's & Daniel's) came from Scotland, settled in N.C. He (Duncan) married Ann McColsky. They came to Alabama (the) year stars fell 1833--settled awhile in N. Alabama--then South to Dale County -- often saw Indians and many bones bleaching (horses and men.) Children (were) horrified (Grandpa Lammon cites). Aunt Annie (Omar Barnes grandmother -- only 6 at that time -- she pointed out a road to go that landed them at Barnes X-roads. Once spent a night in Cherokee country near Indian camp -- Indians fixed large pot of hominy and began to pass to them in a large spoon. They were frightened to death but afraid not to eat. Mama's Side Grandma Griffith was a Washington -- moved to U.S. from Wales -- settled in N.C. Don't know date of her birth but Grandpa's -- Aug 7, 1784 (on chart) -- came to US about 1800. Grandpa O.H. Griffith was an Irishman whose parents had come to States, also. After they were married they settled in Cuthbert, Ga. -- had 6 children. Grandma Atkinson was the oldest. Her mother dying when she was 15 and all responsibility of family fell on her. She married William Maldre Atkinson of Greensboro, Georgia. His parent(s) came to U.S. from Ireland when he was very young. They were married about 1847. There were 7 children. (They) lived in Cuthbert several years. Grandma Fields was oldest -- born March 4, 1848. At age 23 she married Alexander Clayton Fields. His parents were from Darlington District, S.C. His family came and settled about 3 miles SW of Ozark in 1825 (Matthews-Mother's side). There were 8 children. (Grandpa Fields was an only child). His father died when he was just walking and is buried in old family plot in an unmarked grave -- in what is now a Negro cemetery. In those days slaves were buried in one part of the cemetery and whites in other. Grandsir Moses was a large slave owner and when grandma Sinia married he gave her 2 slaves, Mary and her daughter Piety. When grandma was dying - in 1888 - they sent for Old Mary, who sat beside her & fanned her till she died. She is buried in Ozark. Grandma Sinia had a section of land - but her brothers got most of it, as she had to sell bit by bit to live. Old Claybank Church and grounds were given by her brother Elisha Matthews. The following is a transcription of a videotaped interview. Son Harold is interviewing Irene: INTERVIEW OF IRENE HARDWICK BY HER SON, HAROLD DATE: about 1985 or 1986 PLACE: Dothan, Alabama ______________________________ Transcribed by: SHARON M. STILL (McALLISTER) Court Reporter INTERVIEW HAROLD: Just start way back. Where did you meet Dad and where was it and what happened? When is the first time you saw him? AUNT IRENE: The first time I remember seeing Dad was when we were holding our... it was before we held a meeting at Barnes' Crossroads there in Hartford, he was there and my brother Jessup was there and they had what they call kind of a study course, you know. HAROLD: Yes. AUNT IRENE: About studying the Bible, and Dad was there along with two... well, the Holloway boy and three or four others, younger people our age. HAROLD: Yes. AUNT IRENE: And, so it was there that we first saw him. And, we had an ex-Missionary named brother Massey from India and he was going to hold a revival meeting under a brush arbor at Barnes' Crossroads. And, that was our Uncle's house, Uncle Jake Barnes. HAROLD: Yes. AUNT IRENE: And, he wanted... they wanted Sister and me to come up there and help with the music and sing, and so that... Bill was there to help with that meeting and that's when I first really got acquainted with him. HAROLD: Right. AUNT IRENE: I met him before then. HAROLD: How did y'all get together? AUNT IRENE: Well, we... first time I ever walked home with him we were all staying at Uncle Jake Barnes, he had a big old house and Sister and me were staying there and so was Brother Massey and Bill. HAROLD: Yes. AUNT IRENE: And, they... we were walking home from the church and he walked with me and Clarence Barnes, one of the boys, walked up and... in front of us, we were walking towards him and he made a picture of us walking along together. HAROLD: All right, you still got it? AUNT IRENE: Yes, I got that picture. HAROLD: I'd like to see that. AUNT IRENE: And, that was the... we were just walking along and he made the picture and he developed them, Mr. Barnes did that work himself, he just had trained himself. Anyhow, he gave me one of the snaps, because after that meeting was over I didn't see Bill again for along time. In fact, we didn't get... well, we was just together that... and so, Clarence gave me the picture and said, "Do you know how to contact that man, do you know his address? Bill's address?" And, I said, "Yes, he lives at Erika." And, he said, "Well, you send him this picture." And, so I wrote him a note and told him that Clarence said for me to send him that picture." Years after that, after we were married Bill said that he knew as soon as he got that picture, said I was going to be his wife, because he had prayed that the Lord would let the one that he chose for him to write to him first. HAROLD: Hum. AUNT IRENE: And, I had written first. Of course, I didn't know it until after we were married. HAROLD: When did he get around to asking you? AUNT IRENE: Well, that was in 1915 and he didn't ask me until about 19? well, it must have been the last part of 1917. I still got the letter that said "Will you marry me?" We got married, you know, in 1918. HAROLD: What did your Daddy say? AUNT IRENE: He asked for my hand and Pappa said, "No", said, "You're a Preacher and I want my--- you're a Holiness Preacher and I want my daughter to have a home." And said, "A Preacher never has one." HAROLD: Well, after y'all... after you got married, what did you do then? AUNT IRENE: He was happy, because when Pappa died, which was in 1925 he called all of us in to tell us that he wanted us to meet him in heaven, that he was ready to go and Bill was there too, and he said, "Bill, you've been a real son to me and I'm proud of you." So, he was well pleased after it all went past. HAROLD: Where did y'all Pastor then, or how did you... what did you do then? AUNT IRENE: Well--- HAROLD: Did y'all Preach or---? AUNT IRENE: To begin with we just held camp meetings everywhere. We just... the first meeting we held was in New Brockton. You know, he lived out... they lived out in the country. HAROLD: Yes. AUNT IRENE: But, we... the first meeting we held was one week after we were married. We went there and stayed in the home of Mr. Sawyer, Toliver Sawyer, and put up camp. Bill had a camp and held a camp meeting there, and that was the first meeting we held right there in New Brockton. HAROLD: Didn't y'all do a lot of walking? AUNT IRENE: We walked all the time. HAROLD: I mean you'd go to meetings and walk several miles to get there? AUNT IRENE: Yes, that's the truth. Well, from there we went to another place, it was a chapel and held one. And, then went to Enterprise and put up the tent and a storm came, blew the tent down and tore it and we had to go back and stay at ______________(Berna Hardwick's) and patch the tent before we held another meeting. HAROLD: Well, just go on with it. I'd like to hear the whole... where did you go next and what did you do? AUNT IRENE: Well, from Enterprise we went down in Florida and we held meetings at Holt, Holt, Florida. And, then all around through Alabama, wherever we could go. We went to -- Campbelton at one time and held a meeting and had the tent right close to the jail, and Bill was preaching and his... I don't even know what he was preaching about, but anyhow, there was somebody at the jail that was listening and hollered out and said "Amen". And, Dad said, "Now, you see, somebody knows what the truth is, although they may not have lived it." And, then from there we went to another place, I wish I could think of the name of it. They've never had a meeting there before and now they have... we held a tent meeting there. It was at the same... at the home of a Preacher who was Brother Lee and we went and stayed at his father-in-law's... and with his father-in- law's family. HAROLD: Now, what---? AUNT IRENE: We had other meetings there. HAROLD: Now, when was James born in this go 'round? AUNT IRENE: In this... let me think. HAROLD: You wound up in Hartford somehow. AUNT IRENE: After we were expecting James we went to Hartford. Someone got... I forgot now who carried us. Sister... Sister Herbert went up to the Hartman's place in Albethem and brought us down there, but... so James could be born in Hartford. And, he... Brother Dan Dubois and she, his wife was Bill's sister, and we then stayed at their house and James was born there on January the 9th, 1919. HAROLD: January? AUNT IRENE: February. HAROLD: February? No. AUNT IRENE: April. Why didn't you let me make notes? That's awful, because that's when the first one was born. And, Brother Dan's wife, we called her "Sis", and James was born April the 9th, and that little girl, Meriam, was born April the 11th in the same house there in the parsonage at Hartford. HAROLD: Hartford. And, then what did you do? Where did y'all go then? AUNT IRENE: Well, after we went back and stayed with his parents for a while, and then started back in the revival work then. In 1922 they... no, in 1920 we went to Hartford and Pastored the church and in 1922 the District Council was held in Slocomb, Alabama and Bill was elected Superintendent of the District, which then included Alabama, Georgia and Florida. And, then after that... he was elected there, he resigned the church in Hartford, and then visited churches all over the State, all over the District except churches down in Florida. Anyway, they had not been set in order, although they were together, they had not been organized as the Assemblies of God. They were just, you know, free and so it was after that that we visited all of the churches in Alabama, Georgia and Florida. And, I can't tell how many were organized at that time, but yes, we kept busy doing that. But, in 1927 he went to--- HAROLD: You skipped the year of ____________________. (PAUSE) What happened in 1926 that kind of shook the whole world? AUNT IRENE: Well, now, I was going to get to that. And, that's when... I'm still not sure--- HAROLD: You left me slam out. AUNT IRENE: In 1925... I told you that was the year that Papa died. In 1926--- HAROLD: February, okay. 18th. AUNT IRENE: We was living in Dothan at that time. We had a room of two apartments in the town and Alto and Bradley Cains lived on one side and we lived on the other. It was there that Harold came. HAROLD: Yes, now, you got through. AUNT IRENE: That's the truth, and that was... that was on the 18th, 1926, and James was praying here for Harold to be born and for James to go to start his school, and he set the church in order here in Dothan at that time. I believe it was in December 1926 the church was set in order, 1925. And, then in February Harold was born, and James came in from school that afternoon and Dad was showing him the baby on the bed and he propped his fingers up and looked at him and he would look at Dad and he'd look at me, and finally he looked at Dad and said, "Is he ours?" and he said, "Yes, he's ours." And, he'd look at the baby again and then he said, "Is he really ours?" And, I thought he was--- HAROLD: Get in awe of me? AUNT IRENE: I didn't really, but both times, but he seemed to--- (inaudible) and make it come true and real that we were going to have a little boy, another little boy. HAROLD: Where did y'all move after you left Dothan? AUNT IRENE: After we went from there from Dothan we went to Pensacola. HAROLD: That was when you and I were in a storm and Dad was gone? AUNT IRENE: Yes, that was in 1927, the storm... I've forgotten the name of it. Do you remember the name of it? HAROLD: No, I don't. AUNT IRENE: They call them, you know, by names. But, anyhow, it was after that storm and everybody was... couldn't get out and walk for it blowing--- for a safe place to stay, but we... you and James was there with me and Dad was across the river at a place... I can't say the name of that. This side of Pensacola though. He had gone over there to organize a church and we weren't with him and the storm came while he was gone. And, he was trying to get home and he got to the river and he couldn't get across because the storm had blown the bridge down, and they... the people that were walking along there with him trying to get out, you know, in a safer area found out he was trying to get on to his side and they said, "Well, Pensacola is already lost, said it's swept. Things have just gone out." Well, the people in Pensacola were disturbed so until they would get out and went to town to try to find a safe place as much as they could, and we could watch them as they passed us. We stayed home, because I had the two little boys and Avis was there helping me take care of them, but no damage was done to our place when he came in. HAROLD: And, he walked on across that bridge? AUNT IRENE: He walked across that bridge that had swept down, and then hitched a ride as far as he could along... wasn't much riding done, but he came all the way home and found us safe. So, that was 1927. HAROLD: And, then where did you go to? AUNT IRENE: From there we moved to Laurel, Mississippi. And, the Knowles, Brother and Sister Knowles were Pastoring in Mississippi and they got us to come there, in fact, they presented Dad's name and they called him at Laurel and we moved there in 1927. Well, then from there we moved to Hattesburg in 1929. Then, in 1934, I believe it was, we moved to--- HAROLD: Siloam Springs? AUNT IRENE: Siloam Springs, Arkansas where we Pastored two years. I don't remember just how long. And, then we went from Siloam to when he went back to Savannah. HAROLD: Yes. AUNT IRENE: We were in Savannah two or three years. I can't remember exactly the dates, and then back to Arkansas. HAROLD: Paris. AUNT IRENE: Paris. And, then Paris, there was... we stayed there four or five years. And, from Paris we went to, was it Omaha? HAROLD: No, you moved to Franklin. AUNT IRENE: We moved to Franklin. I got my years mixed up. Then we moved to Franklin, which was up in the Ozark Mountains and a wonderful place to live. HAROLD: Time out. AUNT IRENE: Go on. We went--- HAROLD: Now, James... James got married--- AUNT IRENE: In 1943. HAROLD: In Paris. AUNT IRENE: We lived in Paris, and he married gospel... __________Palmer. HAROLD: Yes. And, then you left Franklin? AUNT IRENE: Yes. HAROLD: And, then you went to Monticello? AUNT IRENE: Monticello. HAROLD: And, then from Monticello where did you go? AUNT IRENE: Let me see... HAROLD: Did you retire? AUNT IRENE: Huh? HAROLD: Did you just quit and retire? AUNT IRENE: No, you know we came down and... I know, we moved--- HAROLD: New Brockton? AUNT IRENE: From Monticello we came down and lived at the Barnes Crossroads. HAROLD: Yes, retired. AUNT IRENE: And, you came and brought Eva one--- HAROLD: No, James came down with Marice and brought Eva. AUNT IRENE: Yes. Came down and visited and then we accepted... he accepted the church in New Brockton. HAROLD: Yes. AUNT IRENE: And, we moved to New Brockton, they had a parsonage and we lived there in it. And, from there--- HAROLD: Up to Huntsville. AUNT IRENE: We moved to Huntsville, Alabama. And, you and Eva got married while we were living in New Brockton here. HAROLD: No, I think it was Barnes Crossroads, because y'all came up--- AUNT IRENE: Yes, we went up there. HAROLD: Might have been. AUNT IRENE: We were still pastoring New Brockton. HAROLD: And, then from Huntsville you went to... back to New Brockton, didn't you? AUNT IRENE: Back to New Brockton. HAROLD: And, then to Andalusia. AUNT IRENE: And, from Huntsville we went to Andalusia--- HAROLD: Yes. AUNT IRENE: And stayed with Avis two years and helped her with that... her business there for a while. HAROLD: Yes. AUNT IRENE: And, then moved back to Dothan and pastored at New Brockton. HAROLD: How in the world did you manage to get back to Dothan? AUNT IRENE: Let me think. Well, after we left... where did we go then? HAROLD: You couldn't find a house so we couldn't stay with you a lot. AUNT IRENE: We did too... when you were in that two-story building--- HAROLD: Yes. AUNT IRENE: ---up there. I tried my best to figure out how that was. That was back in Huntsville. HAROLD: Yes. AUNT IRENE: That's the truth. And, then we found this house over here. HAROLD: Yes. AUNT IRENE: And, Dad traded for it, and then when that one became empty, 1,500.00, he traded for it in swaps. Left you out of this one when we moved over there. Oh, Lord, that was back in 196--- HAROLD: '61. AUNT IRENE: 1960 we moved over there. HAROLD: Yes. AUNT IRENE: In 1958 we come over here to your place. HAROLD: Yes. AUNT IRENE: And, then lived here in your... where this house is. HAROLD: Yes. AUNT IRENE: Two years and then moved over there in 1960. And, that has been twenty-two years ago. HAROLD: Yes. AUNT IRENE: And, I'm so proud of my family that's all here today. Isn't that wonderful, all these children, grandchildren, great grandchildren. And, I'm still here. HAROLD: And, if you want to tell your great grandchildren something, one thing, what would it be, knowing you and Dad? AUNT IRENE: Well, tell them listen to your Dad and Mother and obey them and follow the Lord all the way to the end of the road so we'll all be in heaven together some day. HAROLD: Right, Amen. All right. AUNT IRENE: Not only the great grandchildren, the children and grandchildren. Everyone. We must be an unbreakable family, wouldn't that be glorious? HAROLD: Uh huh (yes). AUNT IRENE: Yes, it's possible. My mother used to say that she had asked the Lord for each one of her children, the Lord had promised her--- HAROLD: I appreciate you. AUNT IRENE: I'm sorry I didn't do better. HAROLD: Shoot. I think you did great. | Lammon, Irene (I313)
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| 191 | General Notes: The Lammon Tree b-1900 Alabama Soundex. B&D-Social Security Index. The following is an excerpt from a taped interview with Otis's sister, Avis: AVIS: ... I got to tell how -- I told Edward the other day -- how he (Otis) got married. NANCY: About how you found out? That's cute. AVIS: Irene came to spend Christmas with us in Hartford, and Bill (Hardwick) went to his mother's above Ozark. So, Otis was going to take Irene to Barnes Crossroads above Ozark to meet Bill. Bill was at his mother's, which was out from there. And Otis said me and Mama could go with him, but he wanted to take his new girlfriend, and that was Laura Bell Dooling. So, when we went, it was the 5th of January in (19)18. And when we came back, then, Otis went on to take Laura Bell home. And as I was starting to school the next morning, well, Brian Howell, who was a block above us toward the schoolhouse, said, "Avis, how you like your new sister-in-law?" I said, "I don't have a sister-in-law." He said, "Oh, yes, you do; you may not know it, but Otis got married last night." So I turned around and went home -- I guess I was late to school -- to tell Mama that Otis was married. And sure enough, he was. | Lammon, Otis Barnes (I315)
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| 192 | General Notes: The Lammon Tree B&D-Social Security Death Index. The following note is contributed by Eva Dell Freeman, daughter-in-law. In 1986, Irene wanted to recall and collect material about her life with Bill Hardwick, and she asked Eva to help her. Drawing on Irene's memory, which would come and go at the age of 88, Eva wrote a lengthy paper, 30 pages in longhand. The following consists of parts of that paper, written by Eva, being condensed, paraphrased, excerpted and quoted by your editor. -EBL. In Arkansas in 1947, Bill Hardwick was holding revival meetings in Eva's home church as well as surrounding towns and communities and it was in this setting that Eva became acquainted with him. She was in awe of his talents and abilities. After marrying into the Hardwick family in 1947, her opinions were confirmed, as she found WFH to be, "as nearly a perfect human being as was, or is, possible." She said that he always kept a steady pace, never seeming to let circumstances move him, nor time influence a decision. He thought things through, prayed a lot and, as a result "his decisions were 99.9 percent correct." Bill was born in 1887 in Webster County, Georgia. He was pretty smart as a boy and enjoyed helping his dad and younger brothers on the farm. Bill would tell the story about when, on a hot, sticky day one summer, out in the field, he stuck a lizard into his brother's mouth Of course, he had hold of the tail so his little brother couldn't swallow it. After telling the story, Bill would admit that it was a bad thing to do. "He practiced good eating habits - proper rest, and some good brisk walking were at the head of his list. You could set your clock by his 15-minute naps each day. Just 15 minutes - he relaxed the second he laid his head down and in 15 minutes he would wake up refreshed and sharp. "All these things he managed to do to maintain good physical and mental health - to feel good, to be able to think clearly. These were very important - all the better to serve God and his fellow man. At the same time he really enjoyed life. He laughed a lot but then he could be very serious, especially when it came to spiritual things. Dad had the ability to associate himself with an "intellectual" or with the much less fortunate person." | Hardwick, William Files (I314)
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| 193 | General Notes: THE LAMMON TREE by Avis Lammon Atkinson 1860, 1870 Dale Co. , Alabama Census | Barnes, Daniel William (I62)
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| 194 | General Notes: The Lammon Tree by Avis, Irene & Sadie Lammon. 1850, 1860, 1870,1880 Dale Co. Alabama Census. 1910 Escambia Co. Alabama Census, E.D.76. 1900 Dale Co. Alabama Census. 1920 Washington Co. Alabama Census. B&D-HARTFORD CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS, Geneva Co., Alabama, p. 22. BPAlabama Death Cert., Washington Co. DP-Ibid. Military Records 1861-1865: SLC # 1487288 | Lammon, John L (I29)
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| 195 | General Notes: THE LAMMON TREE by Avis, Irene & Sadie Lammon. 1850 Dale Co. Alabama Census. 1860 Dale Co. Alabama census. 1880 Dale Co. Alabama Census, Vol 7 E.D.66, sheet 18. B&D-"Geneva Co., Alabama Tomb Records," Vol. 1, p. 6, Pondtown Methodist Church Cemetery. | Lammon, Eliza (I28)
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| 196 | General Notes: THE LAMMON TREE by Avis, Irene & Sadie Lammon. 1850 Dale Co., Alabama Census, p. 455, Dwelling 852. The following is excerpted from "Sons of the Horse Lords, Genealogy of The McEachern Family, 1788-1995" - Owen Daniel McEachern. "?James Owen McEachern is in our direct line of ancestors, and additional information is given about his life in a succeeding section. He died at the age of 76 on February 9, 1931, and is buried at Thurston Cemetery..." "Sarah Ann Lammon was only 4 years old when she left North Carolina with her family in 1830, after joining a wagon train to seek new territories for themselves. The families in the wagon train spent many days and nights on the rugged trails, marked only by previous travelers who had blazed the way. Her parents, Duncan and Ann McColskie Lammon, enjoyed the northern areas of Alabama and Georgia, and they tarried there for about two years. They had been warmly welcomed by the Cherokees in what was called "The Cherokee Nation." The Indians treated them royally, often inviting them to their celebrations and other rituals." "In 1833 the Lammon's bade goodbye to the Indians and pushed on southward. It was during this trip they saw the 'Stars Falling on Alabama' a noted event which was later immortalized in song." "The Lammons eventually reached an area they liked, called Barnes Cross Roads, Alabama, and they settled there. "Sarah Ann married John McEachern at Christmastime, 1841. Sometime in the 5 or 6 years following the birth of her last child, James Owen in 1854, his father, John, disappeared. Where he went has remained a mystery to this day. Some of the older members of the family believed he may have gone to Texas with a young girl of the area who disappeared about the same time. Other family members mention hearsay to the effect that John was asked by his wife, Sarah Ann, one cold rainy night to ride to the grocery store and buy salt so she could complete the evening meal. He went to the store and bought the salt. However, when he returned home he was reprimanded by Sarah Ann for buying rock salt rather than the desired table salt. She instructed John to return the salt to the store and to exchange it for the proper kind." "Sarah Ann was known to be very strict and firm, and since she was so overbearing she probably exhibited those qualities on that occasion. In any event, John took the salt and headed back toward the store. What happened next has never been determined, but he never returned home, and nothing further was ever heard of him. "Sarah Ann did an excellent job thereafter in caring for her children. By the judicious use of the farm income, supplemented by money she earned as a seamstress, she was able to have all her children finish their public education, and in the case of her two youngest sons, Daniel Carlie and James Owen, see them through further education which enabled them to be public school teachers." ---Owen Daniel McEachern, great grandson | Lammon, Sarah Ann (I19)
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| 197 | General Notes: The Lammon Tree by Avis, Irene & Sadie Lammon. 1st name: 1860 Dale Co. Alabama Census. BD-1850 Dale Co. Alabama Census. 1880 Dale Co. Alabama Census, E.D. 66, p. 4, dwelling 37. The following from Gale Stafford-Wall, Jacksonville, FL: Census: -1850 Dale County, AL, Southern Division: 9 years old. Born in AL. Attending school. 1880 Dale County, AL Census: Francis C. 36 years old. Born in AL. Parents born in NC. Children: Molee A., William D., Bascom, Eliza J. 1900 Geneva County, AL Census: "Francis C." Wife of James. Born November 1842 (conflicts with family records). 57 years old. Married 32 years. 5 of 6 children living. Born in AL. Parents born in NC. Can read and write. Children living at home: Bascomb M., born December 1871, 28 years old, born in AL; Bertie C. , born March 1882, 18 years old, born in AL. 1910 Holmes County, FL Census: "Faney C." widowed mother. 68 years old. 5 of 6 children living. Born in AL. Parents born in NC. Can read and write. Living with son Bertie. 1920 Holmes County, FL Census: "Callie". Widowed mother. 78 years old. Can read and write. Born in AL. Parents born in "U.S." Living with son Bertie. Marr: ca 1867 | Lammon, Frances Caroline (I31)
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| 198 | General Notes: The Lammon Tree by Avis, Irene & Sadie Lammon.1850, 1860, 1880, Dale Co., Alabama Census. 1900 Geneva Co., Alabama Census. B&D-"Geneva Co., Alabama Tomb Records," Vol. 1, p.6, Pondtown Methodist Church Cemetery. | Lammon, Mary Ellen (I27)
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| 199 | General Notes: The Lammon Tree by Avis, Irene and Sadie Lammon. The following note from Rachel Johnson Rigby. (2000) "My father, Charles Herbert Johnson, was married to Bessie Odom on March 9, 1911. Bessie was the daughter of Aaron and Roxie Odom. They were fine church people. Roxie was the daughter of Rev. Joe G. Johnson (no relation), one presiding elder of the Methodist Church. Clyde was born September 6, 1912, and his mother, Bessie, died in December 1912. My father was devastated and suffered a complete breakdown of his health. Mrs. Roxie Odom kept him and the baby until he recovered somewhat. The Lord was good to my Father. He had bought a shoe repair shop in Evergreen and pursued that vocation the remainder of his life. In 1915 he attended a Camp Meeting in Dothan, Alabama, and met Sadie Lammon. They were married March 14, 1916 in Hartford, Alabama. They lived in Evergreen, Alabama. After marriage, Clyde came to live with them. He was now 4 years old and dearly loved Sadie and never wanted her out of his sight. We never considered him anything but a brother and to this day we all have a wonderful relationship. His children are so wonderful and precious to us." ___ Rachel Johnson. The following note from Clyde Johnson, 1996. "My father was a great man. I know that is the conclusion of every son coming from a happy home situation. However, many people, unrelated to Dad, voluntarily told me he was great. The same was true of my stepmother, Sadie Lammon Johnson. She was a minister representing The Assembly of God Church, serving as pastor of congregations, at various times, in Enterprise, Hartford, Opine, and Andalusia (all in Alabama). Their positive influence on many of the people of that area was significant". ___Excerpt from "Some of My Memories", Clyde Johnson, 1996. Note from Rosemary Rigby: Pa Johnson The last time I saw Pa Johnson, I was 8 years old and was standing outside an exit door of the hospital in Andalusia, Alabama. I was too young to visit in person, so we exchanged our ?I love yous? thru the glass door. He was a man that loved his grandchildren and showed it in many ways. We never visited that he didn't have on hand a huge bag of M&Ms and frozen popsicles. He delighted in playing games with us, especially croquet and Chinese checkers. He worked hard at his shoe shop and would come home and work hard in his garden. There was always a watermelon on hand during the summertime and I can envision him scraping down to the rind, enjoying every mouthful. At the end of the day, before evotions, I would crawl into his lap while he sat in his big chair. He smelled of Mentholatum and his whiskers were rough against my forehead. It made me feel secure and loved. | Johnson, Charles Herbert (I312)
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| 200 | General Notes: The Lammon Tree, and Catherine Lammon Haponski. Note from Bobby and Anne Hines: Henry was a wonderful father and grandfather. He started his own business as a painter, paper hanger, and jack-of-all-trades. He was good at all of them. He has been missed by all by his early death. He was loved by all. | Hines, Henry Lee (I345)
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