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Thurman Family |
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GENEALOGY |
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The Editor, Don Smith: The majority of the information
contained in the Thurman Genealogy was given to me by
Sarah Ruth “Sally” Smith Swiecki.
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Father of Thurmans - James Willis Thurman Birth: 1858, Death: Buried: Headstone Inscription: J. W. Thurman Married: To Sarah Florence
SEWELL 20 DEC 1881,
Wife: Sarah Florence SEWELL Birth: 1852, Death: 1899, Chas. T. Carter, Jr. said that he went to Tennessee to visit and found Sewell relatives living in south of a two-story white farm house. Sarah’s father was buried on a hill there in an unmarked grave. He verified that the surname is SEWELL. Chas. T. Carter is a grandson of Emma Deller Thurman Smith.
Children of James Willis Thurman and Sarah Florence SEWELL: 1. Emma Deller Thurman (Birth: 28 SEP 1884) 2. Hattie Thurman (Birth: 22 JUL 1886) 3. Lucy Minerva Anne Thurman (Birth: 24 MAR 1888) 4. Claude E. Thurman (Birth: AUG 1890) 5.
6. Adel Thurman (Birth: JAN 1898) 7. Mabel Thurman (Birth: JAN 1898)
Federal Census of 1900: The
federal census of 1900 for father James W. Thurman and all the Thurman children. The mother,
Sarah in 1899 at the age of 47 years. To view this census information. click here, not forgetting to click <Back Arrow> to return to this spot. Thurmans In the 1900 Census
1. Emma Deller Thurman Birth: created from Death:
Buried:
husband, John D. SMITH. Name on tombstone is Emma D. Smith.
Marriage#1: To Joseph A. JOHNSON, Divorce:
From Joseph A. Johnson granted by court Child of Emma Deller Thurman and Joseph A. Johnson: Bertie Mae JOHNSON (CARTER) Birth of Bertie Mae Johnson: Death of Bertie Mae Johnson: To view information about Bertie Mae JOHNSON (CARTER) , click here: Bertie Mae Johnson. To return, click <Left Arrow>.
Marriage #2: To John D. SMITH on 27 APR 1909, click here: John D. & Emma Smith’s Marriage
Editor’s Note: Grandma Emma also has been listed as “Emma Ardella Thurman”. On my father’s birth certificate she is listed as Emma Deller Thurman and on her tombstone she is listed as Emma D. Smith. Also, in the court proceedings to divorce J. A. Johnson, she is noted as “Emma D. Johnson”. I believe that she very well have been named “Emma Ardella Thurman” at birth but somewhere along the line the “Ardella” was changed to “Deller”. If my grandmother wanted to have her middle name listed as “Deller” then that’s good enough for me.
View the information on Emma D. Thurmans’s middle name information: 1.To view my dad’s (Hurtis Alvin Smith’s) birth certificate, click here: Birth Certificate of Hurtis Alvin Smith. To return to this web page, click <Back Arrow>. 2. To view what is shown on Emma D. Thurnan.s tombstone, click here: Forest Hill Cemetery. To return here, click <Back Arrow>.
Husband #2: John D. Smith Birth:
Death:
Buried:
Social Security: 566-03-9741. Issued in the name of John SMITH. Married:
To Emma Deller Thurman on 27 APR 1909,
Children of John D. SMITH and Emma Deller Thurman: 1. John Edward SMITH (Birth: 1 day old baby) 2. Amanda Lois SMITH (Birth: 3. John Harold SMITH (Birth: 4. Hurtis Alvin SMITH (Birth:
For more information on Hurtis Alvin Smith, click here: Hurtis A.Smith 5. Clarence Edward SMITH (Birth: County, 6. James Claiborne SMITH (Birth: For more information on James Claiborne Smith, click here: Lineage Of James Claiborne Smith. To return click <Left Arrow>.
2. Hattie Pearl Thurman Birth: Death: OCT 1967,
Lamont (Near Buried: Married: 21 DEC 1902
Husband: John Mose STOVER Birth: Death: Buried:
Steele, Father: Morgan STOVER (Birh: 3 MAR 1848, Indiana) Mother: Dulcenia or Dulcinia or Dulcina or Dulseny HUFFSTUTTER (Birth: FEB 1855, Tennessee)
Children of Hattie Thurman and Mose STOVER: 1. Mamie STOVER Birth: Unknown date. Mamie was a school teacher. Her husband’s name was Robert Lee Ledbetter, Sr. They had 3 children: Doris Ellen died in 1943 at about age 14 or 15. Robert Lee Ledbetter, Jr. died somewhere around 1988 from an automobile accident. He was about 54 years of age. Their daughter is Judy Ledbetter Taylor. She is a special ed
teacher and lives on a large farm near Steele, Judy’s parents, Mamie Stover Ledbetter and Robert Ledbetter, have passed away. 2. Hazel STOVER Birth: Unknown date. Hazel became Hazel Schrader. She took her nurses training in Memphis,
Tennessee and, from Memphis, she moved to where
she became a nurse at the in
a convalescent home in 3. Norvell Melton STOVER Birth: Death: 1984. Norvell was married a number of times and had 6 children by 4 different wives. He and his first wife, Ollie Killburn had a son named Charles Douglas Stover and a daughter named Betty Stover. Betty died a few years ago at the age of 64. Charles lives in Savanah Alice Prather, and they had 2 children. Billy Wayne Stover was born in 1940 and John Raymond Stover was born in 1943. Norvell married Maybell Campbell and they had two children, Carol Jean Stover and Danny R. Stover. Unknown birth dates. At one
time they were both living in children mentioned above, Norvell also had one son born out of wedlock. His name is Tommy Buys. Unknown where he is living. 4.
Birth: Unknown date. Married Ruth Hall and had 3 children. They are June, Gwen and Sam. Sam has been doing genealogy research on the Stover family. 5. Ruth STOVER Birth: Unknown date. Ruth Stover is now Ruth Humble but previously was married to Milton Curtis. She had 3 children who reached adulthood: (1) George Alton
Curtis, who is living in about 3 years ago and (3) Larry Curtis. Larry had lived for a number of
years in Sarah Ruth Smith said that Ruth Stover at one time owned the
Weedpatch Market, on E. Hwy 58, East of
Email from John Stover:
(Editor: Email received Hi Don:
Email from John Stover:
(Editor: Email received Hi Don: Happy New Year!
George Curtis died on December 15th or 16th in
6. Helen Marie STOVER Birth: Unknown date: Death: DEC 2003. Married: Jay C. Jolliffs. There are 2 sons. Terry Jolliff and Ricky Jolliff. Ruth died
recently in a convalescent in
3. Lucy Minerva Anne Thurman Birth: Death: Buried: In the Marriage:
To Thomas Rogers SMITH, 24 DEC 1908 Union City,
Note of Sarah Ruth: Mom & Dad met at church, Sanders Chapel. Mom and her family were of the Baptist faith and Dad and his family were Methodist. The church had a different preacher every week. However, on the Baptist Sunday..... Methodist members attended. Then on Methodist Sunday, the Baptist would attend as well. My parents never had a date, their only contact was at church on Sunday. They knew each other about a year (speaking to one another) before Dad to marry him. in two months and Mom in three. Yet, she did not tell her Father (naughty, naughty Lucy!) or Sisters & Brothers of their impending marriage, on Christmas Eve. She was afraid to ask her Father in fear he would say "No".
Daddy rented a buggy and team of horses to take Mom for an afternoon ride in the country and Mom packed a picnic lunch; as far as the family knew, this was their first date! Her suit case
was packed and hidden under the bed. They were married near In those days a JP (Justice of the Peace) was known as a Squire. When they drove up to the Squire's house, they didn't even get out of the buggy. The Squire, his wife and daughter came out to the road with a Bible and married them. Vegas has nothing on us!!! This was perhaps the beginning of "Drive-Thru
Weddings".
Marriage Licenses to Grand Pa Thurman, what a surprise! Hey, they got married on their first date! Grandmother Amanda was aware of their plans and had a huge wedding supper waiting, with all the family members there, some of whom Mom had never met.
before Mom's death. Husband: Thomas Rogers SMITH
Birth: Death:
Burial: Both Thomas Rogers SMITH and Lucy Minerva Anne Thurman are buried in the Belmont Memorial Gardens Cemetery, once changed his name to Thomas R. Webb.
Children Of Thomas Rogers SMITH and Lucy Minerva Anne Thurman: 1. Opel Amanda SMITH (1909 to 1911, a 17 month old girl) 2. Willie Hazel SMITH (1910 to 1921, a 10 year old girl) 3. Willard Hershel SMITH (Birth: 11 May 1915) 4. Marguerite SMITH ( 5. Mary Alice SMITH ( 6. Sarah Ruth SMITH (Birth: 6 AUG 1929)
4. Claude E. Thurman
Birth: Aug 1890,
Death: About 1903,
5. Birth as Birth is established by the 1900 Federal Census. Click here to view: Thurmans In the 1900 Federal Census. Don’t forget to click <Back Arrow> to return here. Birth as Thomas R. Webb:
Death as Thomas R. Webb:
Changed name to Thomas R. Webb. To read why he changed his name, click on Raleigh Thurman and click <Back Arrow> to return here.
Wife: Lela M. Webb (Maiden name unknown) She
was married to Thomas R. WEBB, not to Birth: Date unknown Death: Date unknown. Sarah Ruth Smith states that she is not buried next to her husband as they have searched for her name. Leala had a daughter by a previous marriage whose name was Dolly.
Buried: Thomas
Rogers SMITH. Both the Death Index have a Thomas Raliegh Webb. The middle name is not spelled in the
normal way. Instead of give
the following information: Thomas Raliegh WEBB, Birth:
To read the complete story about Raleigh Thurman, click here: Raleigh Thurman To
return to this spot after you have read <Back Arrow>.
6. Adel Thurman Birth: JAN 1898 Married: Herbert ELLIS Buried: Both Adel and Herbert are buried in Riverside, California
Husband: Herbert ELLIS: Birth: Date unknown Death: Date unknown (Sarah Ruth Smith states: “The last time I saw him was was in a rest home in 1975 or 1976. Daughter Virginia Ellis come visited with me and my dad”.)
Children of Adell Thurman and Herbert ELLIS: All
children were born in 1. Eugene ELLIS (Birth: Unknown date) 2.
Virginia ELLIS (Birth: Unknown date. Was living in 3. Peggy ELLIS (Birth: Unknown date. Husband was the principal of a
grammar school in Kay and Faye are twins: 4.
Kay ELLIS (Birth: Unknown date. Was living in 5.
Faye ELLIS (Birth: Unknown date. Was living in
7. Mabel Thurman Birth: JAN 1898 Married: Jess JOHNSON Buried: Both Mabel
and Jess are buried in
Husband: Jess JOHNSON Birth: Date unknown Death: Date unknown
Maybell and Jess JOHNSON owned a a grocery store and filling station (gas station) at the then famous Cruthersville “Y”, south of Caruthersville, An uncle was also constable for that area for many years and served one term
of 4 years as Warden of the State Penitentiary in
Children of Mabelle Thurman and Jess JOHNSON: 1.
Jesse JOHNSON (Was Chief of Police in Jesse and his first wife had one child, Cheryl, whom they called “Cheri”. He remarried a lady named Pauline, same name as the wife of his brother, Damon. Jesse and Pauline had no children.
A note by Sarah Ruth Smith: Sarah Ruth relates a funny incident about when she and her father, Thomas Jefferson SMITH, visited the
families of Jesse JOHNSON and Damon JOHNSON in (LEDBETTER) and she had given directions. Sarah Ruth was under the correct impression that Jesse JOHNSON was in the Sheriff’s Department. They arrived in town and pulled over to check their directions. No longer had they parked under a shade tree when a Police Cruiser parked behind them. A rather stout officer with gold braids and lots of “brass” looked into Sarah Ruth’s window and asked for driver’s license and registration, and asked if he could help them. Ruth asked him where the Sheriff’s Station was and he wanted to know why? Sarah Ruth explained to him that Jesse and she were cousins and he blurted out, “Uncle Tom?” and by that he meant Sarah’s father, Tom, sitting right next to her. They all had a good laugh, and he gave them a police escort to his brother Daemon’s house across town.
2. Damon JOHNSON. Owned a chemical fertilizer plant at the railroad crossing called the Canadian Switch,
near to a Pauline. The had 2 boys, no girls. No doubt Damon’s 2 sons still have the chemical fertilizer plant there at Canadian Switch.
3. The Unknown Son (His name might have been “Doug” or “Douglass”). Another
son died after the close of World War II in pilot and his plane crashed on landing. Sarah Ruth Smith recollects that his name was “Doug” which might have been short for “Douglass”.
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