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Sources include Find-a-Grave and obituary for Jerome Davis.

Family/Spouse: Jerome Davis. Jerome (son of Floyd Dan Davis and Mabel Irene Tinker) was born on 28 Apr 1934 in Windrock, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; died on 24 Mar 2017 in Methodist Medical Center, Oak Ridge, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; was buried in Woods Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Danny Davis
2. Jerry Davis

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William married Nellie Florence Jones. Nellie (daughter of James E. Jones and Mary Liles) was born in 1896; died on 15 Oct 1975. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Source of birthplace is son John Allen Woods' birth certificate.

Allen married Sarah Justice Eastridge. Sarah was born on 13 Nov 1856 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States; died on 30 Nov 1949. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Source of birthplace is son John Allen Woods' birth certificate.

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James E. Jones owned a sawmill on Coal Hill Road.

James married Mary Liles on 19 Feb 1883 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States. Mary (daughter of Major Lindsey Liles and Nancy Davis) was born on 13 Jul 1864; died on 7 Jan 1942; was buried in Jackson-Lyles Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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JONES, MARY REBECCA MALINDA, 77, Coalfield.[d 1/7/1942] Survivors:sons, Albert, Charlie, Arthur and Sam; daughters, Maggie Bradshaw,Mrs. Ben Mehlhorn, Mrs. Woods, Rachael Lamance and Annie Rhines;brother, James Lyles; sisters, Matha and Ollie Shipwash and LottieAllen. Burial in Jackson Cemetery. [Morgan County News 2/1942]

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Zebedee married Mary. was born in 1805; died in 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1880 MORGAN COUNTY CENSUS, Page 109
WOODS, Mary W F 75 Widow Farmer Tenn
Martha W F 35 Dau At Home Tenn
Allen W M 15 Gson Tenn
William W M 11 Gson Tenn

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Camp Near Murfreesboro, Tenn
June 7, 1863
Dear Father
Morgan Co. E. Tennessee
I am here a soldier in 2 Regiment East Tenn Cavalary Commanded by ColD. M. Ray from Sevierville Ten I have been in the service sinceNovember 20th, 1862 and have enjoyed excellent health all the time.Was in the battle of Stones River before Murfreesboro. The Regimentlost several men in the engagement amongst others my Capt James H.Morris he was from Knox Co Ten and was a kind man and good officer.My Co is now commanded by Capt James H. Knight I am Co blacksmith anddo a good deal of woork. I recd a letter from home recently bearingdate May 7th 1863 it contained Sad news the death of my oldestdaughter Rachael also that my wife was very unwell I could beperfectly contented here to fight for my country if things were allright at home but knowing the condition of affairs there renders mewhen I suffer myself to think of it unhappy indeed has it not cost usmany sacrafices to be loyal in E. Tenn Yet I together with my exiledfriends intend to strike for out altars and our homes until the lastarmed foe expires or until the flag of the free again floats as onceit did over our State May the time not be long when Tenn will againbe Free.
Tis impossible to tell whether the Federal Army will invade E. Tennthis summer and even if I knew it would not be prudent to write it ina letter going there knowing that letters are frequently captured andthat their contents often do harm to ouur glorious cause of Union.There has been considerable skirmishing along our lines at this placefor some days past Also some heavy fighting at _______distancefifteen miles from here and at Franklin distance about 30 miles fromhere the rebs were repulsed everytime with heavy loss
Remember me kindly to relations and friends
Write me if you have an opportunity
don't fail
would afford me much pleasure to hear from you all.
To
J.B. Jones

Respectfully
W. A. Jones
pr McBath
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Edgefield near Nashville, Tenn
Jan 17th 1865
My unforgotten Father
I with much pleasure seate myself to write to you to let you know mywhere abouts and what I am doing. I am on the north side ofCumberland River two miles fro the State House. My health is not verygood at the present time. I hope these lines may come to hand in duetime and find you and family in the best of health and I doing well.I have no news that would intrust you more than that I am yet in theland of the living for which I feel to have great cause to Thank Godthe giver and preseserver of life. I will just say to you that ourRegt. has had a -----rough times for the last 7 five (five is crossedout) months. We were 5 months at and neat Decatur Ala during whichtime we were on duty nearly all the time scouting and marching orfighting. We left Decatur on the25th of Nov. last arrived inNashville Tenn on the 28th at the time Gen. Hoods were marching onNashville. Hood came on this city of Rocks so near all round on thesouth side of the river as to look in on the ccity on the 15th of Dec.Gen. Thomas marched out of the city on Hood------ the gray backesfought like men all that day stood and defended there batterys amidthe heaviest cross fireing from our ----- The schrmish lines------aconstant lines of fire from there lines all that night the ----openedheavy and constant all that day late in the evening of the 16th weflanked them out of there works after a heavy cross fire on them forthe two last days. Hood then commenced his retreat southwardrd. Hisretreat soon became to be a wild stampeed. I were in the fightfollowed Hood to Sugar Creek, Ala. There I gave out and came back tothis place. Hood crossed Tenn River with (15,000) men he lost twothirds of his men on this side Tennessee River. I have not receivedletter from any of you in great while I would like to be there if Iwere consistent but I can not say when the time will be that I can bethere but I still hope the day is not far distant that I will beblessed with the happy privilige to see you all and enjoy your companyI want you to write to me as soon you get this letter Do the best youcan for my children which I know you will do. Give my love andrespects tell them I wish them to write to me

I remain your son until death
Farewell for the present

W.A. Jones to John B. Jones & Family
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William Alexander Jones and his father were both blacksmiths. W.A.Jones' blacksmith shop still stands at the homeplace on Fairview Rd.two miles west of Coalfield.......from the Dr. Reece Jones' "HallcoxGenealogy" prepared in 1991.

William Alexander Jones fought on the Union side during the C.W. Heenlisted in 1962 as a blacksmith into the 2nd Reg of the TNVolunteers. He fought in the Stones River Battle, the Battle ofFranklin, Battle of Chicamaugua, and the Battle of Gettysburg, whichended theCivil War. He was dischared in July 1865 with the rank ofprivate. .........from Meredith Newberry's 2002 4-H Speech Contest.

Died:
Alternate date of 1899 per _______________ at ______________________

William married Henrietta Harrington about 1848 in Tennessee, United States. Henrietta (daughter of Elisha Harrington and Mary) was born about 1826 in Illinois, United States; died in May 1863 in Clinton, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; was buried in University of Tennessee Hospital, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Then there was Major Lindsay Liles. He was in the Cavalry Division.He was a schoolteacher after the war. He had a son, James Liles, whowas in the Spanish American War. He also was a schoolteacher"----------from "A History of the Coalfield Area" by W.B.Lyles.......NOTE:: Major Lindsey was actually in the Infantry.Headstone says: CO E 1st TN INF

1870 Morgan County Census:
LILES, MAJOR 33
LILES, NANCY 27
LILES, SARAH 10
LILES, CYNTHIA 6
LILES, MARY 5
LILES, MARION 2
HICKS, JOSEPH, 77

1880 Morgan County Census:
LILES, Mager48
LILES,Nancy Ann37
LILES,Sarah J.21
LILES,Mary B.15
LILES,Marion L.13
LILES,Cinthia An11
LILES,James A.8
LILES,Marthy7
LILES,Lathy L.5
LILES,Florance2
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May 3, 2004
Well Hello, Chester,
I've waited for some time to hear from someone about Clint Lyles.What I know about Major Lindsay Lyles is this: He served in the CivilWar, Union Infantry 5th Reg, Pvt. Major was his name, not his rank.He had 8 children. Major was said to be a son of Rebecca Liles. Hewas born 8/23/1836. He was supposed to be the half brother of ClintLyles. I have no proof of this, however, so however you can, PLEASEHELP! Major had a son, James A. Lyles (grandpa), who in turn had ason named Eugugene (dad). You may remember my uncle Vane, who was awhiz with lawn mowers. I live in Florida right now, but will berelocating in Tn. in a couple of months. I have heard of Billl Lyles,but never gotten the chance to meet him. I have heard he probablyknows more than anyone else. Have some pics of theLyles/Solomon/Davis sides. If I can help, please let me know.Someone in the family has heirlooms and picturess thathe won't letanyone in the family see them. He says if I copy the photos therewill be copies cirulating and they won't be worth anything later.
Thanks, Kathy
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Kathy: I can send you a scan of the family tree in a Bible owned bymy grandmother (granddaughter of Clint). She wrote Clint and Majorwere 1/2 brothers. Other than that, I?ve never seen anything else onpaper to back it up. Apparently she didn't know the given name ofClint and Major's mother, or anything earlier. But there is plenty ofdocumentation to prove Clint is Rebecca's son. Yes, I knew both Gene& Vane Lyles. I sold a car to Gene once, and usually I had to callVane about every other year to fix something. I always heard ClintLiles was a "man about town" and from records, he had at least threesons, which were unaccounted for. They may have died as children.Clint also had an illegitimate son who WAS accounted for and went byJackson. As for Major Lindsay, I?ve never heard anything negativeabout him. A.C. and Major had a sister (or half sister?), Rebecca F.Liles, who took after her mother. Rebecca F. married Sterling Ward.My great aunt, who's in her mid-90, says Rebecca F dropped off herson, Horace Ward, at her brother Clint's one weekend and neverreturned. People thought Horace was Clint's son, but he was actuallya nephew. You may aleady know that Horace Ward married his own firstcousin, Flora Lyles, daughter of M. L.

Another thing, Major's second wife, Elizabeth Allen was agranddaughter of Joseph Hicks. Elizabeth Allen was the daughter ofPolly Hicks and James W. Allen. Polly Hicks is Joseph's daughter.Polly's father, James W. Allen, died at the Andersonvillle Prison in GAduring the C.W. He was my gg grandfather. Elizabeth Allen's sister,Mary Founty Allen, married Joseph Miller Jones, who was my ggrandfather. I have several photos of Miller and Mary Jones. You cansee the Indian features in Mary F. Allen Jones and her brother, GeorgeAllen. There is a fellow here in Coalfield (I was told) who says hehas a photo of Joseph Hicks and won't let anyone see it. I don'treally believe that tale. BTW, I bet I know who is hoarding all thephotos you're talking about, and it's not the same person I mentionedwith the Hicks photo. Most of the time, stuff ends up in the hands ofpeople like that.

When you get back to TN, if you visit some of the courthouses andlibraries, let me warn you-- the technology is sometimes awful. Mostof the librarians are friendly and try to help, but they're limited.There might be plenty of material available, but maybe their Xeroxmachine will be broken. They may have a scanner hooked to an onlinecomputer that you could email copies to yourself or print from thecomputer printer, and they won't know how to do it. If you ask to doit yourself, they might act like you're trying to set them up or pulla fast one on them. They may have a filing cabinet full of microfilm,and the microfilm reader itself is broken, or the printer on themicrofilm reader is broken. If the microfilm reader and printer arein operating order, don't be surprised to hear, "Well, I don't knowhow to do it myself, and you're not authorized, so you'll have to comeback some day when so and so is on duty." They have a tendency inthese rural counties sometimes to hire people working for nothing orhave been around so long they don't care. If there is a rechargeable,battery-operated scanner/copier on the market, it would be a wiseinvestment. I don't think they make batteries capable of operatingsuch a device.........Hope I helped, Chester

Major married Nancy Davis. Nancy was born on 14 Sep 1842; died on 3 Aug 1890; was buried in Jackson-Lyles Cemetery, Coalfield, Morgan, Tennessee, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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