 Leroy Dedmon, Editor |
I realize that I have been very slow in producing the issues of the DEDMON CONNECTION. I wish I could tell you that I will do better in 2001, but I am afraid that will not be the case. I must be the world's greatest procrastinator. I guess I need to "practice what I preach". Please be patient with me and I will eventually get the publications finished... I still need articles and pictures from you to publish in future issues. |
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Hickory Grove Baptist church was the site for the reunion. The church is located in Houston Valley, Catoosa, County, GA. (near Ringgold) This is one of the areas the Dedmon family settled when leaveing North Carolina and coming to Georgia. Several family members then went on to Arkansas and eventually Oklahoma and points west. There was a great turn out for the reunion with folks from California, Arkansas, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia. After lunch several of the "braver" souls journeyed to the site of the "Dedmon Cemetery". The cemetery is located at Taylor's Ridge, the final resting place for several of our ancestors. The unmarked graves and hard to read head stones makes it difficult to know who is actually in the graves. There is a list of all who are buried there and a few of the stones are readable. Along with the Dedmon's, there are several other families buried there. The Blacks and Dicksons are represented quite well at the Dedmon Cemetary.
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Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 11:12 PM Subject: Sarah Cavender I am interested in Sarah Rebecca Cavender that you have on your web page. Do you know if she married a William T. Roberts in May 25 1857 in Carol Co. Ga. , Bryce L Hager. To see our line of Hager's click: here Editor's note: I have a Sarah Rebecca Cavender but according to our research she was married to James A. (Jink) Thomason in 1859 and they had a son named Young Pinckney Thomason, who was born in 1869. She was born in 1842 and was only 17 at the time of her marriage. However, this is no proof that at the age of 15 she did not marry William Roberts. Does anyone have any information on this. The Dedmons of Mississippi still remain a mystery to me for the most part. I do have some information from known relatives living in Mississippi.Katheryn Kellum Bentz, who lived in Missisippi at the time I talked to her, gave me some helpful information of the Dedmons who came from Georgia to Mississippi via Alabama. Most of these were the descendents of William James and John J. Dedmon. I believe if we could get more information from the present generation as to their grandfathers and great grandfathers we could connect the missing pieces. The following are inquiries I copied from Ancestry.com in hopes that it will "ring a bell" with some of you. Date: 6 Jul 1999 I am looking for aynone who has information about Lucian Marion Dedmon. He is my great grandfather. He was born in 1894 and died in 1955 in Washington County, Mississippi. He married Hattie Miley. Melanie Dedmon Date: 27 Dec 1999 My maternal Great-Grandfather was Frank Dedmon. He was the Sheriff of Sharkey County, MS. He died before I was born so that was before 1962. He married Amanda Louella Jones Kettleman. He died in Sharkey County, MS. He children were Ruby, Christine, Mabel, Willie (Female-my Grandmother), Ethel, R.E. (Female), and one son that I don't remember the name.Melanie Dedmon |
The following conversation was overheard at a party attended by high society people: "My ancestry goes all the way back to Alexander the Great," said one lady. She then turned to a second lady and asked, "And how far does your family go back?" "I don't know," was the reply. "All of our records were lost in the Flood."
Theory of relativity: If you go back far enough, we're all related. The concept of the "brotherhood of man" is a biblical concept. Despite the differences around the world, despite the different cultures, despite the different skin tones, we are all related. Paul said to the men of Athens: "And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being..." (Acts 17:26-28a). Why would Paul make such a statement? Perhaps to say that if you trace your ancestry back only to the time of Abraham, you live in a divided world because you are either a Jew or a Gentile. But, if you trace your ancestry back even further, we are once again united in the realization that we are part of one human family, created by God to be in fellowship with Him. Our realization of the brotherhood of man ultimately affects not only our relationship with one another, but our relationship with God as well. Have a great day! |
| Thanks so much for reminding about
the newsletter. Its good to hear from you. We are all ok, I am having some back
problems. My folks are still doing fairly well for being their age. I printed
your newsletter for my dad. He enjoys reading them. I am sure that you have
heard this many times before, but I really believe that we are related somehow.
Your photo on the newsletter resembles my father so much. He has grey hair,
mustache and glasses, and you all look like you are related. Hope your family
are all ok. Talk to you later, Beth Dedmon
Barker. Dear Leroy, I haven't heard from you in sometime.....is there a new Dedmon newsletter available? I realize that you have conversed with some of my family and they told me that you had lost my e mail address.....hope to hear from you soon Gail M. Ford (Brenda Gail McSwain Ford) I traveled to Camp Nelson National Cemetery on Friday last to attend a funeral of my cousins husband. Since the route took us thru Versailles we took the opportunity to stop in the Versailles Cemetery and check with the office there to try to locate some grave sites of my ancestors whom I knew were buried there. Very productive visit and the caretaker was most helpful. I was able to locate the sites of all the ones I knew about and , this is the real kicker, one that I had no record of at all. I had not seen his name in any of the census records or in any of the other sources I have looked at. Here is all I know at the moment. His headstone reads " Hawkins Dedman 1870-1907" and he is buried in the family lot alongside Robert E. Dedman 1835-1901, Sue Jelf Dedman 1835-1908, and Brother Philip Reif 1861-1903. There is also one unmarked grave in the lot and no record of the occupant is in the caretakers log book. I'm, of course, interested in both of these unknowns but particularly Hawkins since I have both a name and date to go on. If either of you can make any connection with this name please let me know. I now have site numbers for all the Dedmans buried in Versailles cemetery. Next time over there we will try to take photos of the headstones. Time and opportunity just didn't present itself on this visit. We also need to visit the Lexington Cemetery to locate some other Dedman sites which we know are there. Bill Beheler |
. Annabelle8 Messer (Margaret Ola Mae7 Carter,
Ruben6, Meredith5, Mary Polly4 Jacks, John Nicholas3, Richard2, Thomas1)278 was
born December 07, 1907 in Hollywood, Ala.278, and died August 20, 1975 in Elk
City,Ok.278. She married (1) Edgar Lee Dedmon278 1922278. She married (2)
Thomas Edward Nichols278 March 04, 1925 in Sayre,Ok278, son of John Nichols and
Mary. Notes for Annabelle Messer: Quote from Anna belle " I am Anna belle
eldest living child. It is said that I resemble my mother in looks, but I can
see I also resemble my father in many ways. I am not as impatient as my mother.
Child of Annabelle Messer and Edgar Dedmon is: 107 i. Clarence Lee9 Dedmon278,
born June 13, 1923278; died December 12, 1993 in Fairlawn Cemetery, Elk City,
Ok.278. click here for more information ED NOTE: WILMA IS THE WIFE OF JEFF DEDMON. FORMER ATLANTA BRAVE... I RECEIVED THIS E-MAIL ON MARCH 14, 2000 |
Leroy Dedmon, Hello, Hope all is well where you are. I will give you what I have on my family line, I still have some places to fill in but this is a start. I just bought this computer Nov 19, 1999 and two days later started my Searching and trying to learn the computer at the same time. I've finally came into the 20th century and then the century changes (grin). I will start with my mother and father. Mother: Margie Lee Fortune Oates born 12-19-1922 still living, born in Cleveland County, NC Father: Robert J. Oates born 12-24-1916? his date of birth was different when we received the death certificate, when he died 8-7-1987 and I don't have access to it. He was born in Macon County, Ga., and buried at Park Hill Cemetery, Columbus, Ga. He was a WW2 veteran, and Korean Veteran. He retired from the Army in 1962 at Fort Benning Ga. Siblings: Brother: Ronald J.Oates Married to Pam Carter lives in Atlanta, Ga., still living, doesn't want birth info given out. They have 2 sons. Brother Raleigh Oates married to Ann Stephens, they have one daughter which brother number 1 has legal custody of. Myself: Melanie Oates Wells Malone, 2 grown sons, 6 grandchildren. Married to Eugene Malone 11 years, was married to 1st husband 16 years divorced for 7years till Eugene And I married. I am a retired RN, and my husband is an Insurance Adjuster. He travels all over the US when there is a storm or Earthquake. My Grandmother: Minnie Ethel Grigg Fortune born 6-1890, died 1967, buried Rehobeth United Methodist Cemetery, Shelby, NC. Grandfather: Raleigh W. Fortune, born 6-1891, died 10-1972, also buried at Rehobeth. Greatgrandmother: Nancy Ellen Wolf Grigg, born 4-7-1857, died 9-6-1941, Buried at Rehobeth in Shelby, NC Greatgrandfather: Dock Franklin Grigg, born 4-5-1855, died 1-27-1939, 2x Greatgrandfather William Cathey Wolf, born 11-14-1833, died 5-9-1914, buried Beulah Methodist Cemetery, Waco, Cleveland, NC 2xGreatgrandmother Phoebe Lee, daughter of George Lee, born 6-9-1837, died 8-4-1915, also buried at Beulah Cemetery. 3xGreatgrandfather: Jacob Wolf born 11-1-1798, died 12-11-1865, buried Beulah Methodist Cemetery, Waco, Cleveland, NC. His mother was Polly Dedmon born 1785, don't have date of death or where she is buried. Jacob's gather is Unknown Wolf, at a BRICK WALL on him. 3xgratgrandmother Nancy McIntire born 1-5-1799, died 1-27-1876, she is the daughter of Aaron McIntire. Nancy is also buried at Beulah Cemetery. If you have any questions just email me. I'm very glad to have found another Cousin and enjoy the correspondence. My husband and I live in Seale, Al. and have 2 catfish ponds and a good size garden in the spring and summer. I have a small winter garden with cabbage, broccoli, kale, mustard, brussells sprouts, kohlrabi, carrots, sugar snap peas, collards, and a couple other things I can't recall at the moment. We also have 4 miniature poodles who run the house, and a menagerie of cats outside (good to have in the country). We also have two catfish ponds which until the past week we were really worried about, it has been a drought and they were lower than they ever had been. But in the past week we have received some substantial amount of rain and they are filling back up. I will close for now and will await your reply. Walk in Peace and Love, Melanie Malone (Ed. note: I hav received many letters regarding Jacob Wolfe. Most of these come from Melanie Malone. I am including several in this issue...) |
This letter, I
think, was written to Shirley Pitman. I am including it along with Shirley's
response. Hello, I'm Melanie and I'm researching Wolf, McEntire, Dedmon, Fortune, Grigg, Oates. Polly Dedmon was 4xgreatgrandmother who had a son named Jacob Wolf. The father is listed as unknown Wolf. Do you have any info? I don't think she was married to unknown Wolf, as I haven't found any marriage info. I know that sometime around 1806 she married a Horbert Procter and had another son named Mark Dedmon Procter. Her father was Mark Dedmon and mother was Hannah Bailey. I haven't done any research on bailey line yet, I wish I could answer your question. If you have any info I would be most appreciative. Were any of the Dedmon's Native American? Walk in Peace and Love, Melanie Malone Hi Melanie, I see that we are related; Polly Dedmon's sister, Sarah "Sally," was my 3rd great grandmother. She married Abraham Padgett. She also named a son (Mark Dedmon Padgett) after her father, Mark Dedmon. I wish I could help with some info on Mr. (Unknown) Wolf, but I think that I must have the same information that you already have, which was taken from Mark Dedmon's Rev. War Pension Application. I do have a copy of the Pension Application which I ordered from the National Archives. I have not done any research into the Baily connection and really don't know exactly where to start. I have not found the names of any Baily's in the Rutherford/Cleveland County areas that would be of age to be Hannah's parents. I assume they must have remained in Rowan County, after Hanna and Mark moved to Rutherford (now Cleveland) County, but I have no absolute and proven data on her family, other than NC State Archives confirmation of Hanna's marriage to Mark Dedmon in 1785 in Rowan County. The bondsman for that marriage, along with Mark Dedmon, was "William Baily." It is certainly possible that this may have been Hanna's father, or at least a relative. Then, some years later, in 1802 in Rutherford County, NC, a "Samuel Bailey" witnessed the deed transfer of 50 acres of land from Mark Dedmon to William McKinnish. This "Samuel Bailey" could also have been a relative of Hanna's, but this is merely speculation on my part. I will hang onto your E-mail address and keep my eyes open for any clues to Mr. Wolf or the Baily's and I will let you know if I am able to turn up anything helpful to us. Before I go, have you checked out the DEDMON webpage of Rev. Leroy Dedmon of Georgia? The site address is http://www.dedmon.org/. He has a lot of really interesting information plus an on-line DEDMON family newsletter. I hope you will be very successful with your research. Your cousin and friend, Shirley Pittman (The letter on the next page is from Lois Arthur. She includes a lot of information. I hope it helps.) |
