Mostly Angels in the Sky

John Monroe Hash¹

Family

TMG ID:32221, (bt 15 Nov 1884 - 1885 - )

Relationships:

6th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
6th cousin 5 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Wiliam Henderson Hash¹ B: c 1847

Mother*

Sarah Josephine Potter¹ B: Sep 1854, D: 1932

Vital Statistics

Born: John Monroe Hash was born between 15 Nov 1884 and 1885, at Rock Island, Warren County, Tennessee^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

John Monroe Hash was the son of: Wiliam Henderson Hash and Sarah Josephine Potter.¹

Citations

[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Ocie Lou Hash¹

Family

TMG ID:32222, (21 Aug 1889 - )

Relationships:

6th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
6th cousin 5 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Wiliam Henderson Hash¹ B: c 1847

Mother*

Sarah Josephine Potter¹ B: Sep 1854, D: 1932

Vital Statistics

Born: Ocie Lou Hash was born on Wednesday, 21 Aug 1889, at Rock Island, Warren County, Tennessee^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Ocie Lou Hash was the daughter of: Wiliam Henderson Hash and Sarah Josephine Potter.¹

Citations

[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Tabitha Hash¹

Family

TMG ID:32223, (18 Feb 1892 - )

Relationships:

6th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
6th cousin 5 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Wiliam Henderson Hash¹ B: c 1847

Mother*

Sarah Josephine Potter¹ B: Sep 1854, D: 1932

Vital Statistics

Born: Tabitha Hash was born on Thursday, 18 Feb 1892, at Rock Island, Warren County, Tennessee^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Tabitha Hash was the daughter of: Wiliam Henderson Hash and Sarah Josephine Potter.¹

Citations

[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Sarah Josephine Hash¹

Family

TMG ID:32224, (22 Apr 1894 - )

Relationships:

6th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
6th cousin 5 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Wiliam Henderson Hash¹ B: c 1847

Mother*

Sarah Josephine Potter¹ B: Sep 1854, D: 1932

Vital Statistics

Born: Sarah Josephine Hash was born on Sunday, 22 Apr 1894, at Rock Island, Warren County, Tennessee^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Sarah Josephine Hash was the daughter of: Wiliam Henderson Hash and Sarah Josephine Potter.¹

Citations

[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Irena Potter¹

Family

TMG ID:32225, (c 1856 - )

Relationships:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
5th cousin 6 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Thomas B. Potter¹ B: 20 Nov 1816, D: 8 Aug 1895

Mother*

Fatama Webb¹ B: 27 Aug 1822, D: 22 Mar 1894

Vital Statistics

Born: Irena Potter was born circa 1856, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Irena Potter was the daughter of: Thomas B. Potter and Fatama Webb.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: her nickname was "Reney"²
Name-Married: on Sunday, 4 Aug 1878, her married name became Mrs. Cantrell (née Potter).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 4 Aug 1878, Irena and were married.²
Marriage	Sunday, 4 Aug 1878, Irena and Franklin Pierce Cantrell, age 23 years, 9 months and 11 days, son of: Jesse R. Cantrell and Nancy Elizabeth Fuson, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.³

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 4 Aug 1878, Irena and were married.²

Marriage

Sunday, 4 Aug 1878, Irena and Franklin Pierce Cantrell, age 23 years, 9 months and 11 days, son of: Jesse R. Cantrell and Nancy Elizabeth Fuson, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.³

Children of: Irena Potter and Franklin Pierce Cantrell

Jesse V. Cantrell³ B: c Aug 1882
Doke Cleveland Cantrell³ B: c Sep 1884
Webb Cantrell³ B: 10 Oct 1888, D: 22 Jul 1931
Lorena Cantrell³ B: c Jan 1896

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	4 Jun 1880, Civil District #05, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	Franklin Pierce Cantrell⁴

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

4 Jun 1880, Civil District #05, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Franklin Pierce Cantrell⁴

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Jun 1880	DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	keeping house⁵

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jun 1880

DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

keeping house⁵

Citations

[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.
[S387] RootsWeb.com, online https://tinyurl.com/34u66, Sandra Sparrow (e-mail address), updated as of 21 Jun 2003.
[S816] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jnyonle, Errol Bevan (e-mail address), updated as of 3 Jul 2009.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 139B, film number 1255252, Tennessee 1880 Federal Population Census.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880.

Last Edited

25 Nov 2015

Tennessee Potter¹

Family

TMG ID:32226, (c 1865 - )

Relationships:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
5th cousin 6 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Thomas B. Potter¹ B: 20 Nov 1816, D: 8 Aug 1895

Mother*

Fatama Webb¹ B: 27 Aug 1822, D: 22 Mar 1894

Vital Statistics

Born: Tennessee Potter was born circa 1865, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Tennessee Potter was the daughter of: Thomas B. Potter and Fatama Webb.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: in Sep 1884, her married name became Mrs. Womack (née Potter).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sep 1884, Tennessee and I.D. Womack were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.²

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sep 1884, Tennessee and I.D. Womack were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.²

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	4 Jun 1880, Civil District #05, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	Thomas B. Potter, Fatama Webb and Zollicoffer Lancaster³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

4 Jun 1880, Civil District #05, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Thomas B. Potter, Fatama Webb and Zollicoffer Lancaster³

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Jun 1880	DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	works on farm⁴

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Jun 1880

DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

works on farm⁴

Citations

[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.
[S387] RootsWeb.com, online https://tinyurl.com/34u66, Sandra Sparrow (e-mail address), updated as of 21 Jun 2003.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 139B, film number 1255252, Tennessee 1880 Federal Population Census.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880.

Last Edited

12 Jan 2015

Mary Elizabeth Potter¹

Family

TMG ID:32227, (6 Oct 1834 - 29 Apr 1894)

Relationships:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
5th cousin 6 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Watson Cantrell Potter¹ B: 15 Feb 1817, D: 20 Jul 1891

Mother*

Marietta Magness¹ B: 2 Jun 1819, D: 6 Jul 1866

Vital Statistics

Born: Mary Elizabeth Potter was born on Monday, 6 Oct 1834, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 29 Apr 1894 at Warren County, Tennessee^G, at age 59 years, 6 months and 23 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Mary Elizabeth Potter was the daughter of: Watson Cantrell Potter and Marietta Magness.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: her nickname was "M.E."²
Name-Married: on Thursday, 8 Feb 1855, her married name became Mrs. Womack (née Potter).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 8 Feb 1855, Mary, age 20 years, 4 months and 2 days, and Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr., age 22 years, 2 months and 2 days, son of: Burgess Harrelson Womack and Sarah Webb, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 8 Feb 1855, Mary, age 20 years, 4 months and 2 days, and Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr., age 22 years, 2 months and 2 days, son of: Burgess Harrelson Womack and Sarah Webb, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Children of: Mary Elizabeth Potter and Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr.

Laura Victoria Womack+¹ B: 13 Dec 1855, D: 15 Jan 1905
Eliza A. Womack+¹ B: 14 Mar 1857, D: 3 Sep 1905
Florence Womack+¹ B: Feb 1860
James Power Womack+¹ B: 21 Dec 1860, D: 21 Oct 1940
William Denton Womack+¹ B: 11 Oct 1862, D: 28 Dec 1938
B. Robert Womack¹ B: 1865
Benjamin Franklin Womack+¹ B: 1867, D: 1932
John Watson Womack+¹ B: Jul 1869
Charles Ray Womack+¹ B: Apr 1872
Clement Womack+¹ B: c 1875
Hallie Womack² B: 14 Jan 1883, D: 4 Oct 1883

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	28 Jun 1880, Civil District #15, Warren County, Tennessee^G	Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr., Laura Victoria Womack, Florence Womack, James Power Womack, William Denton Womack, B. Robert Womack, Benjamin Franklin Womack, John Watson Womack, Charles Ray Womack and Clement Womack³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

28 Jun 1880, Civil District #15, Warren County, Tennessee^G

Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr., Laura Victoria Womack, Florence Womack, James Power Womack, William Denton Womack, B. Robert Womack, Benjamin Franklin Womack, John Watson Womack, Charles Ray Womack and Clement Womack³

Citations

[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.
[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 427C, film number 1255284, Tennessee 1880 Federal Population Census.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr.¹

Family

TMG ID:32228, (6 Dec 1832 - 11 Jan 1907)

Father*

Burgess Harrelson Womack² B: 17 Apr 1796, D: 29 Apr 1874

Mother*

Sarah Webb² B: 13 Jun 1800, D: 25 Mar 1875

Vital Statistics

Born: Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr. was born on Thursday, 6 Dec 1832, at Warren County, Tennessee^G.²
Died on Friday, 11 Jan 1907 at Warren County, Tennessee^G, at age 74 years, 1 month and 5 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr. was the son of: Burgess Harrelson Womack and Sarah Webb.²

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "B.H."³
Nick-Name: his nickname was "Harrel"^2,4

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 8 Feb 1855, Burgess, age 22 years, 2 months and 2 days, and Mary Elizabeth Potter, age 20 years, 4 months and 2 days, daughter of: Watson Cantrell Potter and Marietta Magness, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.²

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 8 Feb 1855, Burgess, age 22 years, 2 months and 2 days, and Mary Elizabeth Potter, age 20 years, 4 months and 2 days, daughter of: Watson Cantrell Potter and Marietta Magness, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.²

Children of: Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Potter

Laura Victoria Womack+² B: 13 Dec 1855, D: 15 Jan 1905
Eliza A. Womack+² B: 14 Mar 1857, D: 3 Sep 1905
Florence Womack+² B: Feb 1860
James Power Womack+² B: 21 Dec 1860, D: 21 Oct 1940
William Denton Womack+² B: 11 Oct 1862, D: 28 Dec 1938
B. Robert Womack² B: 1865
Benjamin Franklin Womack+² B: 1867, D: 1932
John Watson Womack+² B: Jul 1869
Charles Ray Womack+² B: Apr 1872
Clement Womack+² B: c 1875
Hallie Womack³ B: 14 Jan 1883, D: 4 Oct 1883

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	29 Oct 1850, Civil District #11, Warren County, Tennessee^G	Burgess Harrelson Womack, Sarah Webb, Nancy Pinckney Womack, Sarah Womack, Felix Grundy Womack and Ozias Denton Womack⁵
Census-1880	28 Jun 1880, Civil District #15, Warren County, Tennessee^G	Mary Elizabeth Potter, Laura Victoria Womack, Florence Womack, James Power Womack, William Denton Womack, B. Robert Womack, Benjamin Franklin Womack, John Watson Womack, Charles Ray Womack and Clement Womack⁶

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

29 Oct 1850, Civil District #11, Warren County, Tennessee^G

Burgess Harrelson Womack, Sarah Webb, Nancy Pinckney Womack, Sarah Womack, Felix Grundy Womack and Ozias Denton Womack⁵

Census-1880

28 Jun 1880, Civil District #15, Warren County, Tennessee^G

Mary Elizabeth Potter, Laura Victoria Womack, Florence Womack, James Power Womack, William Denton Womack, B. Robert Womack, Benjamin Franklin Womack, John Watson Womack, Charles Ray Womack and Clement Womack⁶

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Oct 1850	Warren County, Tennessee^G	farmer⁵

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Oct 1850

Warren County, Tennessee^G

farmer⁵

Citations

[S249] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jc2t24p, Linda Carpenter-Fry (290 N. Park Street, P. O. Box 4, Richland Center, WI 53581-0004), updated as of 26 Mar 2002.
[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.
[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.
[S975] The Hennessee Family Genealogy Pages, online <http://tinyurl.com/yb4chrbd>. Hereinafter cited as The Hennessee Family.
[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 427C, film number 1255284, Tennessee 1880 Federal Population Census.

Reference

16SQ-WW6

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Burgess Harrelson Womack^1,2

Family

TMG ID:32229, (17 Apr 1796 - 29 Apr 1874)

Father*

Abner Clements Womack² B: 10 Feb 1769, D: 7 Jan 1856

Mother*

Martha Drucilla Byars² B: 31 Dec 1774, D: bt 1830 - 1840

Vital Statistics

Born: Burgess Harrelson Womack was born on Sunday, 17 Apr 1796, at Rutherford County, North Carolina^G.¹
Died on Wednesday, 29 Apr 1874 at Warren County, Tennessee^G, at age 78 years and 12 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Burgess Harrelson Womack was the son of: Abner Clements Womack and Martha Drucilla Byars.²

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "Burgie"³
Nick-Name: his nickname was "Fatty Byrd"²
Name-Variation: He was also known as Sr. on Thursday, 6 Dec 1832¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	circa 1831, Burgess and Sarah Webb were married at Warren County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1831, Burgess and Sarah Webb were married at Warren County, Tennessee^G.¹

Children of: Burgess Harrelson Womack and Sarah Webb

Samuel Marion Womack+⁵ B: 21 Apr 1826, D: 24 Feb 1895
Abner Monroe Womack+⁵ B: 10 Feb 1832, D: 19 Aug 1907
Mary Jane Womack² B: 11 Mar 1832, D: 3 Mar 1895
Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr.+¹ B: 6 Dec 1832, D: 11 Jan 1907
Nancy Pinckney Womack³ B: 11 Jan 1836, D: 14 Jun 1919
Sarah Womack³ B: 25 Dec 1838, D: 30 Jun 1918
Felix Grundy Womack³ B: 28 Aug 1839, D: 25 May 1919
Ozias Denton Womack⁴ B: c 1842
Asenith R. Womack+² B: 25 Nov 1857, D: 15 Jun 1938

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	29 Oct 1850, Civil District #11, Warren County, Tennessee^G	Sarah Webb, Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr., Nancy Pinckney Womack, Sarah Womack, Felix Grundy Womack and Ozias Denton Womack⁴

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

29 Oct 1850, Civil District #11, Warren County, Tennessee^G

Sarah Webb, Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr., Nancy Pinckney Womack, Sarah Womack, Felix Grundy Womack and Ozias Denton Womack⁴

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Oct 1850	Warren County, Tennessee^G	farmer⁴

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Oct 1850

Warren County, Tennessee^G

farmer⁴

Citations

[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.
[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.
[S975] The Hennessee Family Genealogy Pages, online <http://tinyurl.com/yb4chrbd>. Hereinafter cited as The Hennessee Family.
[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S413] RootsWeb.com, online https://tinyurl.com/y9netd9m, Jon Gary Dean (e-mail address), updated as of 27 Oct 2002.

Last Edited

18 Jul 2019

Sarah Webb¹

Family

TMG ID:32230, (13 Jun 1800 - 25 Mar 1875)

Vital Statistics

Born: Sarah Webb was born on Friday, 13 Jun 1800, at North Carolina^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 25 Mar 1875 at Warren County, Tennessee^G, at age 74 years, 9 months and 12 days.²

Alias(es)

Name-Married: circa 1831, her married name became Mrs. Womack (née Webb).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	circa 1831, Sarah and Burgess Harrelson Womack, son of: Abner Clements Womack and Martha Drucilla Byars, were married at Warren County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1831, Sarah and Burgess Harrelson Womack, son of: Abner Clements Womack and Martha Drucilla Byars, were married at Warren County, Tennessee^G.¹

Children of: Sarah Webb and Burgess Harrelson Womack

Samuel Marion Womack+² B: 21 Apr 1826, D: 24 Feb 1895
Abner Monroe Womack+² B: 10 Feb 1832, D: 19 Aug 1907
Mary Jane Womack⁴ B: 11 Mar 1832, D: 3 Mar 1895
Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr.+¹ B: 6 Dec 1832, D: 11 Jan 1907
Nancy Pinckney Womack⁵ B: 11 Jan 1836, D: 14 Jun 1919
Sarah Womack⁵ B: 25 Dec 1838, D: 30 Jun 1918
Felix Grundy Womack⁵ B: 28 Aug 1839, D: 25 May 1919
Ozias Denton Womack³ B: c 1842
Asenith R. Womack+⁴ B: 25 Nov 1857, D: 15 Jun 1938

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	29 Oct 1850, Civil District #11, Warren County, Tennessee^G	Burgess Harrelson Womack, Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr., Nancy Pinckney Womack, Sarah Womack, Felix Grundy Womack and Ozias Denton Womack³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

29 Oct 1850, Civil District #11, Warren County, Tennessee^G

Burgess Harrelson Womack, Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr., Nancy Pinckney Womack, Sarah Womack, Felix Grundy Womack and Ozias Denton Womack³

Citations

[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.
[S413] RootsWeb.com, online https://tinyurl.com/y9netd9m, Jon Gary Dean (e-mail address), updated as of 27 Oct 2002.
[S80] 1 Jun 1850, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9393x5q, 1850 Federal US Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.
[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.
[S975] The Hennessee Family Genealogy Pages, online <http://tinyurl.com/yb4chrbd>. Hereinafter cited as The Hennessee Family.

Reference

16SQ-VDW

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Laura Victoria Womack¹

Family

TMG ID:32231, (13 Dec 1855 - 15 Jan 1905)

Relationships:

6th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
6th cousin 5 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr.¹ B: 6 Dec 1832, D: 11 Jan 1907

Mother*

Mary Elizabeth Potter¹ B: 6 Oct 1834, D: 29 Apr 1894

Vital Statistics

Born: Laura Victoria Womack was born on Thursday, 13 Dec 1855, at Warren County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 15 Jan 1905 at Alabama^G at age 49 years, 1 month and 2 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Laura Victoria Womack was the daughter of: Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Potter.¹
Born: Laura Victoria Womack was born circa 1857, at Tennessee^G.²

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as L. Victoria²
Name-Married: on Thursday, 10 Feb 1881, her married name became Mrs. Sanders (née Womack).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 10 Feb 1881, Laura, age 25 years, 1 month and 28 days, and Jefferson Davis Sanders, age 19 years, 6 months and 7 days, son of: James C. Sanders and Julia Ann Durham, were married at Warren County, Tennessee^G.³

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 10 Feb 1881, Laura, age 25 years, 1 month and 28 days, and Jefferson Davis Sanders, age 19 years, 6 months and 7 days, son of: James C. Sanders and Julia Ann Durham, were married at Warren County, Tennessee^G.³

Children of: Laura Victoria Womack and Jefferson Davis Sanders

James Sanders⁴ B: 1882
Frank Sanders⁴ B: 1886
Harriett Sanders⁴ B: 1890
Birdie Sanders⁴ B: 1892

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1880	28 Jun 1880, Civil District #15, Warren County, Tennessee^G	Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr., Mary Elizabeth Potter, Florence Womack, James Power Womack, William Denton Womack, B. Robert Womack, Benjamin Franklin Womack, John Watson Womack, Charles Ray Womack and Clement Womack²

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

28 Jun 1880, Civil District #15, Warren County, Tennessee^G

Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr., Mary Elizabeth Potter, Florence Womack, James Power Womack, William Denton Womack, B. Robert Womack, Benjamin Franklin Womack, John Watson Womack, Charles Ray Womack and Clement Womack²

Citations

[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 427C, film number 1255284, Tennessee 1880 Federal Population Census.
[S426] RootsWeb.com, online https://tinyurl.com/y7ls2sq7, Mark Minter (e-mail address), updated as of 25 Aug 2001.
[S249] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jc2t24p, Linda Carpenter-Fry (290 N. Park Street, P. O. Box 4, Richland Center, WI 53581-0004), updated as of 26 Mar 2002.

Reference

16SQ-X0R

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Eliza A. Womack^1,2,3,4

Family

TMG ID:32232, (14 Mar 1857 - 3 Sep 1905)

Relationships:

6th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
6th cousin 5 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr.⁵ B: 6 Dec 1832, D: 11 Jan 1907

Mother

Mary Elizabeth Potter⁵ B: 6 Oct 1834, D: 29 Apr 1894

Vital Statistics

Born: Eliza A. Womack was born on Saturday, 14 Mar 1857, at Warren County, Tennessee^G.⁵
Died on Sunday, 3 Sep 1905 at Warren County, Tennessee^G, at age 48 years, 5 months and 20 days.^1,4
Interred after 3 Sep 1905 at Oak Grove Church, Womack Cemetery, Warren County, Tennessee^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Eliza A. Womack was the daughter of: Burgess Harrelson Womack Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Potter.⁵

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: She was also known as Louisa A.⁵
Nick-Name: her nickname was "L.A."⁶
Name-Married: on Thursday, 30 Nov 1876, her married name became Mrs. Cantrell (née Womack).⁴

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 30 Nov 1876, Eliza, age 19 years, 8 months and 16 days, and John Ephraim Cantrell, age 23 years and 18 days, son of: Jabin Cantrell and Mary Frances Christian, were married at Warren County, Tennessee^G, Related: 4^th cousins, 4^th cousins once removed and 5^th cousins once removed.^3,2,4

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 30 Nov 1876, Eliza, age 19 years, 8 months and 16 days, and John Ephraim Cantrell, age 23 years and 18 days, son of: Jabin Cantrell and Mary Frances Christian, were married at Warren County, Tennessee^G, Related: 4^th cousins, 4^th cousins once removed and 5^th cousins once removed.^3,2,4

Children of: Eliza A. Womack and John Ephraim Cantrell

Sallie Cantrell⁶ B: 16 Sep 1877, D: 10 Dec 1886
Minnie Lou Cantrell+⁶ B: 20 Feb 1880, D: 8 Oct 1953
Fannie Elizabeth Cantrell⁵ B: 17 Mar 1883, D: 25 Apr 1944
Claude Payton Cantrell⁵ B: 9 Mar 1884, D: 29 May 1955
James Herschel Cantrell⁵ B: 13 May 1886
Ocie May Cantrell+⁵ B: 27 Sep 1888, D: 3 Jan 1963
Harold Franklin Cantrell⁵ B: 31 Oct 1890, D: 25 Sep 1950
Callie Victoria Cantrell⁵ B: 20 Jun 1894, D: 29 Mar 1978
Shelia Elfleta Cantrell⁵ B: 13 Jan 1897, D: 11 Aug 1945
Lee Roy Cantrell⁵ B: 25 Sep 1899, D: 6 Apr 1960

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

1880, Civil District #14, Warren County, Tennessee^G

John Ephraim Cantrell, Sallie Cantrell and Minnie Lou Cantrell⁶

Citations

[S163] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zqrxkzg, Sharon Louisa Cantrall (18224) (e-mail address), updated as of 21 May 2000.
[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.
[S321] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zmawwhq, Bonnie Jeanne Wiley (e-mail address), updated as of 16 Feb 2003.
[S568] RootsWeb.com, online https://tinyurl.com/yambhxj8, Larry & Elaine Blackman (e-mail address), updated as of 10 Jan 2005.
[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 412A, film number 1255284, Tennessee 1880 Federal Population Census.

Reference

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Last Edited

21 Nov 2019

Fannie Elizabeth Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:32233, (17 Mar 1883 - 25 Apr 1944)

Relationships:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
7th cousin 4 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

John Ephraim Cantrell¹ B: 12 Nov 1853, D: 12 Feb 1937

Mother*

Eliza A. Womack¹ B: 14 Mar 1857, D: 3 Sep 1905

Vital Statistics

Born: Fannie Elizabeth Cantrell was born on Saturday, 17 Mar 1883, at Warren County, Tennessee^G.²
Died on Tuesday, 25 Apr 1944 at Warren County, Tennessee^G, at age 61 years, 1 month and 8 days.^3,2

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Born: Fannie Elizabeth Cantrell was born on Tuesday, 14 Mar 1882, at Warren County, Tennessee^G.³
She was the daughter of: John Ephraim Cantrell and Eliza A. Womack.¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: her nickname was "Lizzie"³
Name-Married: on Sunday, 23 Dec 1900, her married name became Mrs. Green (née Cantrell).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 23 Dec 1900, Fannie, age 17 years, 9 months and 6 days, and John Bluford Green, age 21 years and 4 months, son of: Samuel Alfred Green and Hannah Jane Potter, were married at Warren County, Tennessee^G, Related: 2^nd cousins once removed, 4^th cousins, 3^rd cousins twice removed, 5^th cousins and 5^th cousins twice removed.^3,1

Citations

[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.
[S568] RootsWeb.com, online https://tinyurl.com/yambhxj8, Larry & Elaine Blackman (e-mail address), updated as of 10 Jan 2005.
[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.

Reference

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Last Edited

8 Sep 2016

John Bluford Green¹

Family

TMG ID:32234, (Aug 1879 - 22 Apr 1962)

Relationships:

6th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
6th cousin 5 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

Samuel Alfred Green² B: 29 Sep 1851, D: 21 Jun 1933

Mother*

Hannah Jane Potter² B: 4 Mar 1857, D: 12 Aug 1929

Vital Statistics

Born: John Bluford Green was born in Aug 1879, at Warren County, Tennessee^G.³
Died on Sunday, 22 Apr 1962 at Warren County, Tennessee^G, at age 82 years and 8 months.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

John Bluford Green was the son of: Samuel Alfred Green and Hannah Jane Potter.²
Born: John Bluford Green was born on Friday, 22 Aug 1879, at Warren County, Tennessee^G.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 23 Dec 1900, John, age 21 years and 4 months, and Fannie Elizabeth Cantrell, age 17 years, 9 months and 6 days, daughter of: John Ephraim Cantrell and Eliza A. Womack, were married at Warren County, Tennessee^G, Related: 2^nd cousins once removed, 4^th cousins, 3^rd cousins twice removed, 5^th cousins and 5^th cousins twice removed.^1,3

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1880

1880, Civil District #14, Warren County, Tennessee^G

Samuel Alfred Green, Hannah Jane Potter, Cleo P. Green and Elias Greene²

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.
[S98] 1 Jun 1880, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9djv69w Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Page 418A, film number 1255284, Tennessee 1880 Federal Population Census.
[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.

Reference

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Last Edited

8 Sep 2016

Claude Payton Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:32235, (9 Mar 1884 - 29 May 1955)

Relationships:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
7th cousin 4 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

John Ephraim Cantrell¹ B: 12 Nov 1853, D: 12 Feb 1937

Mother*

Eliza A. Womack¹ B: 14 Mar 1857, D: 3 Sep 1905

Vital Statistics

Born: Claude Payton Cantrell was born on Sunday, 9 Mar 1884, at Warren County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 29 May 1955 at age 71 years, 2 months and 20 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Claude Payton Cantrell was the son of: John Ephraim Cantrell and Eliza A. Womack.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1905, Claude and Nova L. (?) were married at Tennessee^G.¹

Citations

[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.

Reference

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Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Nova L. (?)¹

TMG ID:32236, (c 1888 - )

Vital Statistics

Born: Nova L. (?) was born circa 1888, at Tennessee^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: circa 1905, her married name became Mrs. Cantrell.

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

circa 1905, Nova and Claude Payton Cantrell, son of: John Ephraim Cantrell and Eliza A. Womack, were married at Tennessee^G.¹

Citations

[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

James Herschel Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:32237, (13 May 1886 - )

Relationships:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
7th cousin 4 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

John Ephraim Cantrell¹ B: 12 Nov 1853, D: 12 Feb 1937

Mother*

Eliza A. Womack¹ B: 14 Mar 1857, D: 3 Sep 1905

Vital Statistics

Born: James Herschel Cantrell was born on Thursday, 13 May 1886, at Warren County, Tennessee^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

James Herschel Cantrell was the son of: John Ephraim Cantrell and Eliza A. Womack.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Monday, 8 Sep 1930, James, age 44 years, 3 months and 26 days, and Elizabeth Ogle, age 44 years were married.²

Citations

[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.
[S568] RootsWeb.com, online https://tinyurl.com/yambhxj8, Larry & Elaine Blackman (e-mail address), updated as of 10 Jan 2005.

Reference

16SQ-XRJ

Last Edited

30 Nov 2015

Ocie May Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:32238, (27 Sep 1888 - 3 Jan 1963)

Relationships:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
7th cousin 4 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

John Ephraim Cantrell¹ B: 12 Nov 1853, D: 12 Feb 1937

Mother*

Eliza A. Womack¹ B: 14 Mar 1857, D: 3 Sep 1905

Vital Statistics

Born: Ocie May Cantrell was born on Thursday, 27 Sep 1888, at Warren County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 3 Jan 1963 at Illinois^G at age 74 years, 3 months and 7 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Ocie May Cantrell was the daughter of: John Ephraim Cantrell and Eliza A. Womack.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Ryan (née Cantrell).²

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Ocie and Patrick Ryan were married.²

Child of: Ocie May Cantrell and Patrick Ryan

Patrick Ryan Jr.²

Citations

[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.
[S568] RootsWeb.com, online https://tinyurl.com/yambhxj8, Larry & Elaine Blackman (e-mail address), updated as of 10 Jan 2005.

Reference

16SQ-XSQ

Last Edited

30 Nov 2015

Harold Franklin Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:32239, (31 Oct 1890 - 25 Sep 1950)

Relationships:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
7th cousin 4 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

John Ephraim Cantrell¹ B: 12 Nov 1853, D: 12 Feb 1937

Mother*

Eliza A. Womack¹ B: 14 Mar 1857, D: 3 Sep 1905

Vital Statistics

Born: Harold Franklin Cantrell was born on Friday, 31 Oct 1890, at Warren County, Tennessee^G.^1,2
Died on Monday, 25 Sep 1950 at Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee^G, at age 59 years, 10 months and 24 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Harold Franklin Cantrell was the son of: John Ephraim Cantrell and Eliza A. Womack.¹

Citations

[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.
[S568] RootsWeb.com, online https://tinyurl.com/yambhxj8, Larry & Elaine Blackman (e-mail address), updated as of 10 Jan 2005.

Reference

16SQ-XTX

Last Edited

30 Nov 2015

Callie Victoria Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:32240, (20 Jun 1894 - 29 Mar 1978)

Relationships:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis
7th cousin 4 times removed of Descendant Wagner

Father*

John Ephraim Cantrell¹ B: 12 Nov 1853, D: 12 Feb 1937

Mother*

Eliza A. Womack¹ B: 14 Mar 1857, D: 3 Sep 1905

Vital Statistics

Born: Callie Victoria Cantrell was born on Wednesday, 20 Jun 1894, at Warren County, Tennessee^G.^1,2
Died on Wednesday, 29 Mar 1978 at age 83 years, 9 months and 9 days.²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Callie Victoria Cantrell was the daughter of: John Ephraim Cantrell and Eliza A. Womack.¹

Citations

[S333] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/zyhe4ep, Larry Miller (e-mail address), updated as of 19 Apr 2003.
[S568] RootsWeb.com, online https://tinyurl.com/yambhxj8, Larry & Elaine Blackman (e-mail address), updated as of 10 Jan 2005.

Reference

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Last Edited

30 Nov 2015

All additions, modifications, suggestions and comments are welcome.

A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
— Will Rogers
A fool and his money are soon elected.
— Will Rogers
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.
— Will Rogers
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.
— Will Rogers
A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.
— Will Rogers
About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
— Will Rogers
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
— Will Rogers
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.
— Will Rogers
All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.
— Will Rogers
America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.
— Will Rogers
America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
— Will Rogers
An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
— Will Rogers
An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.
— Will Rogers
An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.
— Will Rogers
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
— Will Rogers
Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.
— Will Rogers
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
— Will Rogers
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
— Will Rogers
Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.
— Will Rogers
Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.
— Will Rogers
Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.
— Will Rogers
Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.
— Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
— Will Rogers
Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.
— Will Rogers
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.
— Will Rogers
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if you just sit there.
— Will Rogers
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
— Will Rogers
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
— Will Rogers
Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.
— Will Rogers
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
— Will Rogers
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
— Will Rogers
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
— Will Rogers
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
— Will Rogers
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
— Will Rogers
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
— Will Rogers
I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
— Will Rogers
I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
— Will Rogers
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.
— Will Rogers
I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.
— Will Rogers
If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.
— Will Rogers
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
— Will Rogers
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
— Will Rogers
If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper than him, that's mass production.
— Will Rogers
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.
— Will Rogers
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
— Will Rogers
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
— Will Rogers
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
— Will Rogers
I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing.
— Will Rogers
In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.
— Will Rogers
Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
— Will Rogers
It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so.
— Will Rogers
It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.
— Will Rogers
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
— Will Rogers
Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
— Will Rogers
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn't have to advertise it.
— Will Rogers
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.
— Will Rogers
Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
— Will Rogers
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
— Will Rogers
Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.
— Will Rogers
Never let yesterday use up too much of today.
— Will Rogers
Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.
— Will Rogers
Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
— Will Rogers
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
— Will Rogers
One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.
— Will Rogers
One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
— Will Rogers
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
— Will Rogers
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.
— Will Rogers
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
— Will Rogers
People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
— Will Rogers
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
— Will Rogers
Politics is applesauce.
— Will Rogers
Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.
— Will Rogers
So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.
— Will Rogers
So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
— Will Rogers
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
— Will Rogers
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
— Will Rogers
The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
— Will Rogers
The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
— Will Rogers
The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
— Will Rogers
The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.
— Will Rogers
The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
— Will Rogers
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, 'How is the president?'
— Will Rogers
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
— Will Rogers
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
— Will Rogers
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
— Will Rogers
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
— Will Rogers
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
— Will Rogers
The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.
— Will Rogers
The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
— Will Rogers
The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.
— Will Rogers
The United States never lost a war or won a conference.
— Will Rogers
The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
— Will Rogers
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
— Will Rogers
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
— Will Rogers
There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
— Will Rogers
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
— Will Rogers
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.
— Will Rogers
Things ain't what they used to be and never were.
— Will Rogers
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
— Will Rogers
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
— Will Rogers
This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
— Will Rogers
We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.
— Will Rogers
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
— Will Rogers
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
— Will Rogers
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
— Will Rogers
What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
— Will Rogers
When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.
— Will Rogers
When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.
— Will Rogers
When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.
— Will Rogers
When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.
— Will Rogers
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.
— Will Rogers
Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.
— Will Rogers
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
— Will Rogers
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.
— Will Rogers
Every person you will pass on the street today is going to die. Living long enough, each will suffer the loss of friends and family. All are going to lose everything they love in this world. Why would one want to be anything but kind to them in the meantime?
— Sam Harris
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do one thing every day that scares you.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know. We all know people who are so much afraid of pain that they shut themselves up like clams in a shell and, giving out nothing, receive nothing and therefore shrink until life is a mere living death.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We are afraid to care too much, for fear that the other person does not care at all.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is what you make it. Always has been, always will be.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
What could we accomplish if we knew we could not fail?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never allow a person to tell you 'no' who doesn't have the power to say 'yes.'
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well lived.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Work is always an antidote to depression.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do …
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual; you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It's your life-but only if you make it so.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Every time you meet a situation you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Courage is exhilarating.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
There is not human being from whom we cannot learn something if we are interested enough to dig deep.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
— Eleanor Roosevelt
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war, I ask and I must answer was I worth dying for?
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The giving of love is an education in itself.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it as not as dreadful as it appears, discovering that we have the strength to stare it down.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
All of life is a constant education.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

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