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Charles D. Knight, a native of Giles Co., Tennessee, was born on Feb. 19, 1857, son of Andrew J. and Leathy L. Knight. The father was born in Georgia, and at the age of 18 began farming for himself. His first wife was Drucilla Hardy, who died a few years after marriage. He then married our subject's mother, who bore him these children: Dewitt C., Martha J., Nancy M., Mary, Charles D., W. M., Luby, Minnie, Ellen, and Andrew J. The mother was a native of Giles Co., Tennessee. Our subject remained on the farm with his parents until he was 22 years of age, after which he engaged in agricultural pursuits for himself. He was married Feb. 19, 1880, to Sallie B. Craig. Her former name was Foster. She was born Dec. 23, 1853, in Maury County, and was the daughter of Richard S. and Sallie A.(Flemming) Foster. To our subject and wife were born three children, Minnie L. born 1881, Various L. born 1883, and Lillie born 1885. Mr. Knight is a Democrat in politics and is much respected by all who know him.
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Whatever spelling s you see above- these are Goodspeeds, not typos, such as Various for Vohrees.-----------------Charles D. Knight, grandpa's dad, died by shooting. Possibly the wife- a firey person- getting angry over a fence, causing husband to go stomping out to do something about it.
Dad said...
Sallie was wanting to go to NY to see her kids. They said the trip would make her sick. She said: "I will be sick if I don't go."Sallie lived on an old farm down a long road. There was a barn, a negro shack, and a nice horse.
Dad heard a noise in the house. It was an old man. Didn't want horse way down in the barn so he kept it in the kitchen.
The old man wore the same clothes in summeritme as winter. He said.."Whatever will keep you warm in winter will keep you cool in summer.
Grandma(Sallie) and Aunt Callie were the only ones who lived there. She lived there till she died.
Fosters (Newt, Clyde, George) lived in a house on right on a hill going up to Pearsons.~Clyde Foster, Sallie's nephew, used to beat widows out of their farms, and eventually got this one, too. Clyde died rich at 94.
~(Info from Dad)Great-grandma Sallie was described as a tightwad who caused her husband Charles D. Knight to get killed. She rode a buggy from the store and insisted Mr. Green be checked on the fence coming on the property. G-gpa got on a horse, went to town. Mr. green had a grass sack with a pistol and rifle in it. Shot g-grandpa off the horse. Green was in politics and never went to jail.
10. William Lafayette (Will) Pearson
Told by Dad.: Grandpa Pearson (Will) lived on a farm. After he died Momma (Nannie) and kids got a share.
Monsanto Chemical Co. dug for phosphate. The kids got $2000 from the proceeds.Two years ago (1998), Dad called Jim Chapman to say that Dan had died (Dan Knight). Jim said the farm was sold, as a result they sent Dad $5500.
Dad said..Grandpa Pearson kept rock candy in a bottle of bootleg whisky. He would take a swig, say "Ahhh", and twist his whiskers. Grandpa Pearson died at the end of the WWII (Dad said 1942), when Dad came back from overseas and landed in Fla.
Mom remembers Sara Pigg sitting and looking pitiful.
Dad says Sara Etta Pigg raised her sister's kid, Thomas Allen (??Sands??)
Priscilla remembers that she saved Juicy Fruit gum under her mattress.
Sara Pigg died at age 90.
13. Alice Permelia (Martha????????) Franklin
Birth date was also listed as 1859. The 1863 one was taken from a death notice
POPPA
nickname..Pepper Patch
"Had the first appendix operation in the area.Jim Tyler had appendicitis. The doctors gave him the first appendicitis
operation in the county. It didn't go too well, and his stomach went
rotten; it smelled and swelled up. The doctors didn't know what to do.
The family stuck him in the basement because he smelled so bad. Some people
didn't like that , so they brought him up and started giving him home
remedies like sulphur. It eventually cured him. (When telling you this
story before I mentioned that Eula took a year off from school to care for
him.)When he healed, his stomach wall was very thin and all his innards sagged
out the front. Eventually Pa (Seavy) took him to Nashville for surgery to
lap all the skin over and sew it. In the end, Jim Tyler had a flat stomach.Jim Tyler, called Poppa by my Mom, was known as the handy man of Culleoka.
He did gardening and odd jobs for people. He spent time helping Pa (Seavy
Hight) with the gardening and farm chores. He often stayed at the house for
months at a time.Gardening was good for him. He set out Pecan tree and big pear tree on the Holler property.
They moved out of the Covey Holler when Brother was 3 years old, about 1920. They moved into white house in Culleoka.
Died at 75 with No gray hair. He had some curl in his hair.
At the home place Poppa set the pecan tree out. There was also a big pear tree.
MOMMA
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Mom said that when they were buried, boards covered Poppa's chest and drainage tiles half covered Momma's chest. ---------------------------------------Obituary in Columbia Daily Herald said:
Laura Austin Tyler died at 53 at home of Willie Luella after three weeks of illness. She
is survived by her husband J.A. Tyler, 3 daughters, one son, and one step-son, C.B. Tyler.
Her mother was Mrs. JW. Austin. Her brothers Jim, John, Will Austin of Oklahoma and Charlie Austin of
Culleoka. Her Church was Friendship Baptist of Culleoka
------------------------------------------------------------Where Laura lived and the sequence. . .....While the children were growing up, Laura and James lived in the
little house in the holler, down in the gully fromPeach Orchard. road,. After a while, they moved to Culleoka and when
Grandmother Willie married Clifford Dawson, they moved into the Holler
house.To get to the Culleoka house, you go into Cully from the direction of
Central Church and turn left at the Post Office/Grocery Store, onto a dead
end road (It was dead end at the time) . Then, on the left is a small white
house. On that same dead end road there were 2 other houses and a black
church.(**side note-- I have a saddle made by Mr. Richardson who used to make the
saddles in front of that store. Seavy gave it to me.)Laura and Jim and the kids, and Mom lived in that white house. After Laura
died,, then Gladys and Elmer Belew took
over the house.During the time from when Mom was six months
to the time Willie married Seavy, Mom stayed with Laura in the white house. Mom was 5 when they moved
in with Momma in Cully.
After the Seavy Hight marriage, Mom, Willie and Seavy moved into the big
house on road that is now Seavy Hight Road, next to the creek. Every
weekend Mom would go back (usually ride her pony) to stay with Laura for the
weekend. Every Sunday at 3pm, Laura would start to cry because Mom had to
leave at 4pm. Laura was miserable without my Mom.Laura was sick a lot. She had epilepsy and other troubles. They hardly ever saw Momma smile. Near the end
she didn't eat much but when she did eat, it was too much, like a whole
stick of butter. The last few months she moved down to the house on the
creek with Willie and Seavy. It was there she died, with Mom holding her
down from one of her attacks. Mom said, "I didn't know what to do, everybody ran." Grandmother, and Dude and Gladys ran out in the yard screaming and holding their heads with their hands. Pa finally figured out what was happening and came down to help.After she died, they laid her out in the front room, because there were no funeral parlors in those days.
Jim Tyler, called Poppa by my Mom, was known as the handy man of Culleoka.
He did gardening and odd jobs for people. He spent time helping Pa (Seavy
Hight) with the gardening and farm chores. He often stayed at the house for
months at a time.Jim Tyler had appendicitis. The doctors gave him the first appendicitis
operation in the county. It didn't go too well, and his stomach went
rotten; it smelled and swelled up. The doctors didn't know what to do.
The family stuck him in the basement because he smelled so bad. Some people
didn't like that , so they brought him up and started giving him home
remedies like sulphur. It eventually cured him. (When telling you this
story before I mentioned that Eula took a year off from school to care for
him.)When he healed, his stomach wall was very thin and all his innards sagged
out the front. Eventually Pa (Seavy) took him to Nashville for surgery to
lap all the skin over and sew it. In the end, Jim Tyler had a flat stomach.It was while living at the white house in Cully that Laura's son James
(Sonny, Sally) took on the name Sally. The family didn't have much of
anything, so they made up their own fun. James liked to dress up in his
sister's clothes for fun, and because he didn't have much for clothes or
entertainment. One of his tricks was to dress in the girls clothes and sit
on the fence to wait for the postman. Postman would tease him, saying "If
you don't quit wearing a dress I am going to call you Sally." The name just
stuck.(Mom speaks often about being poor and having nothing. It has shaped her
lifestyle to this day, and also that of Gladys. Those are stories for
another day.)----------------------------
Mom said...Everybody loved Momma. Momma and Poppa weren't very happy together. (People married neighbors down the road, just married whoever was convenient.) She hardly ever saw Momma smile.