Mostly Angels in the Sky

Thomas Cantrell Goodson¹

Family

TMG ID:68081, (22 Apr 1896 - 16 Aug 1926)

Relationship:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

John Monroe Goodson¹ B: May 1868, D: Jul 1930

Mother*

Alminda Norris¹ B: Aug 1874

Vital Statistics

Born: Thomas Cantrell Goodson was born on Wednesday, 22 Apr 1896, at White County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Monday, 16 Aug 1926 at White County, Tennessee^G, at age 30 years, 3 months and 25 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Thomas Cantrell Goodson was the son of: John Monroe Goodson and Alminda Norris.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Monday, 25 Jun 1923, Thomas, age 27 years, 2 months and 3 days, and Margaret Edna Johnson, age 16 years and 15 days, daughter of: Mansfield F. Johnson and Margaret Jane Holder, were married at White County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Monday, 25 Jun 1923, Thomas, age 27 years, 2 months and 3 days, and Margaret Edna Johnson, age 16 years and 15 days, daughter of: Mansfield F. Johnson and Margaret Jane Holder, were married at White County, Tennessee^G.¹

Child of: Thomas Cantrell Goodson and Margaret Edna Johnson

Clyde Goodson¹ B: 31 May 1926, D: 28 Feb 1988

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Margaret Edna Johnson¹

Family

TMG ID:68082, (10 Jun 1907 - 30 Apr 1985)

Father*

Mansfield F. Johnson¹ B: 28 Sep 1870, D: 31 Jul 1943

Mother*

Margaret Jane Holder¹ B: 26 May 1870, D: 31 Mar 1927

Vital Statistics

Born: Margaret Edna Johnson was born on Monday, 10 Jun 1907, at White County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Tuesday, 30 Apr 1985 at Sparta, White County, Tennessee^G, at age 77 years, 10 months and 20 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Margaret Edna Johnson was the daughter of: Mansfield F. Johnson and Margaret Jane Holder.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Monday, 25 Jun 1923, her married name became Mrs. Goodson (née Johnson).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Monday, 25 Jun 1923, Margaret, age 16 years and 15 days, and Thomas Cantrell Goodson, age 27 years, 2 months and 3 days, son of: John Monroe Goodson and Alminda Norris, were married at White County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Monday, 25 Jun 1923, Margaret, age 16 years and 15 days, and Thomas Cantrell Goodson, age 27 years, 2 months and 3 days, son of: John Monroe Goodson and Alminda Norris, were married at White County, Tennessee^G.¹

Child of: Margaret Edna Johnson and Thomas Cantrell Goodson

Clyde Goodson¹ B: 31 May 1926, D: 28 Feb 1988

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Mansfield F. Johnson¹

Family

TMG ID:68083, (28 Sep 1870 - 31 Jul 1943)

Vital Statistics

Born: Mansfield F. Johnson was born on Wednesday, 28 Sep 1870, at White County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 31 Jul 1943 at White County, Tennessee^G, at age 72 years, 10 months and 3 days.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 20 Oct 1887, Mansfield, age 17 years and 22 days, and Margaret Jane Holder, age 17 years, 4 months and 24 days were married at White County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 20 Oct 1887, Mansfield, age 17 years and 22 days, and Margaret Jane Holder, age 17 years, 4 months and 24 days were married at White County, Tennessee^G.¹

Children of: Mansfield F. Johnson and Margaret Jane Holder

James Herman Johnson¹ B: 29 Nov 1897, D: 10 Oct 1981
Margaret Edna Johnson+¹ B: 10 Jun 1907, D: 30 Apr 1985

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Margaret Jane Holder¹

Family

TMG ID:68084, (26 May 1870 - 31 Mar 1927)

Vital Statistics

Born: Margaret Jane Holder was born on Thursday, 26 May 1870, at White County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 31 Mar 1927 at White County, Tennessee^G, at age 56 years, 10 months and 5 days.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Thursday, 20 Oct 1887, her married name became Mrs. Johnson (née Holder).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Thursday, 20 Oct 1887, Margaret, age 17 years, 4 months and 24 days, and Mansfield F. Johnson, age 17 years and 22 days were married at White County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Thursday, 20 Oct 1887, Margaret, age 17 years, 4 months and 24 days, and Mansfield F. Johnson, age 17 years and 22 days were married at White County, Tennessee^G.¹

Children of: Margaret Jane Holder and Mansfield F. Johnson

James Herman Johnson¹ B: 29 Nov 1897, D: 10 Oct 1981
Margaret Edna Johnson+¹ B: 10 Jun 1907, D: 30 Apr 1985

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

James Herman Johnson¹

Family

TMG ID:68085, (29 Nov 1897 - 10 Oct 1981)

Father*

Mansfield F. Johnson¹ B: 28 Sep 1870, D: 31 Jul 1943

Mother*

Margaret Jane Holder¹ B: 26 May 1870, D: 31 Mar 1927

Vital Statistics

Born: James Herman Johnson was born on Monday, 29 Nov 1897, at White County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Saturday, 10 Oct 1981 at White County, Tennessee^G, at age 83 years, 10 months and 11 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

James Herman Johnson was the son of: Mansfield F. Johnson and Margaret Jane Holder.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	James and Nancy Ella Atnip were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

James and Nancy Ella Atnip were married.¹

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Nancy Ella Atnip¹

TMG ID:68086, (26 May 1900 - )

Vital Statistics

Born: Nancy Ella Atnip was born on Saturday, 26 May 1900, at White County, Tennessee^G.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Johnson (née Atnip).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Nancy and James Herman Johnson, son of: Mansfield F. Johnson and Margaret Jane Holder, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Nancy and James Herman Johnson, son of: Mansfield F. Johnson and Margaret Jane Holder, were married.¹

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Clyde Goodson¹

Family

TMG ID:68087, (31 May 1926 - 28 Feb 1988)

Relationship:

8th cousin of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Thomas Cantrell Goodson¹ B: 22 Apr 1896, D: 16 Aug 1926

Mother*

Margaret Edna Johnson¹ B: 10 Jun 1907, D: 30 Apr 1985

Vital Statistics

Born: Clyde Goodson was born on Monday, 31 May 1926, at White County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 28 Feb 1988 at White County, Tennessee^G, at age 61 years, 8 months and 26 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Clyde Goodson was the son of: Thomas Cantrell Goodson and Margaret Edna Johnson.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Clyde and Reba Dell Taylor, daughter of: Luther Winstead Taylor and Willie Ethel Cantrell, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Clyde and Reba Dell Taylor, daughter of: Luther Winstead Taylor and Willie Ethel Cantrell, were married.¹

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Reba Dell Taylor¹

Family

TMG ID:68088, (7 Feb 1932 - 22 Aug 2002)

Relationship:

8th cousin of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Luther Winstead Taylor¹ B: 29 Sep 1906, D: 26 Mar 1991

Mother*

Willie Ethel Cantrell¹ B: 5 Feb 1907, D: 15 Apr 1999

Vital Statistics

Born: Reba Dell Taylor was born on Sunday, 7 Feb 1932, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 22 Aug 2002 at Michigan^G at age 70 years, 6 months and 15 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Reba Dell Taylor was the daughter of: Luther Winstead Taylor and Willie Ethel Cantrell.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: her married name became Mrs. Goodson (née Taylor).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Reba and Clyde Goodson, son of: Thomas Cantrell Goodson and Margaret Edna Johnson, were married.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Reba and Clyde Goodson, son of: Thomas Cantrell Goodson and Margaret Edna Johnson, were married.¹

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Luther Winstead Taylor¹

Family

TMG ID:68089, (29 Sep 1906 - 26 Mar 1991)

Vital Statistics

Born: Luther Winstead Taylor was born on Saturday, 29 Sep 1906, at White County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Tuesday, 26 Mar 1991 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 84 years, 5 months and 26 days.¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 13 Sep 1925, Luther, age 18 years, 11 months and 15 days, and Willie Ethel Cantrell, age 18 years, 7 months and 8 days, daughter of: Felix Pleas Cantrell and Mary Magdelene Luna, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 13 Sep 1925, Luther, age 18 years, 11 months and 15 days, and Willie Ethel Cantrell, age 18 years, 7 months and 8 days, daughter of: Felix Pleas Cantrell and Mary Magdelene Luna, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Child of: Luther Winstead Taylor and Willie Ethel Cantrell

Reba Dell Taylor¹ B: 7 Feb 1932, D: 22 Aug 2002

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Willie Ethel Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:68090, (5 Feb 1907 - 15 Apr 1999)

Relationship:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Felix Pleas Cantrell¹ B: 29 Sep 1876, D: 1 Apr 1957

Mother*

Mary Magdelene Luna¹ B: 12 Dec 1876, D: 30 Jan 1966

Vital Statistics

Born: Willie Ethel Cantrell was born on Tuesday, 5 Feb 1907, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Thursday, 15 Apr 1999 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 92 years, 2 months and 10 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Willie Ethel Cantrell was the daughter of: Felix Pleas Cantrell and Mary Magdelene Luna.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Sunday, 13 Sep 1925, her married name became Mrs. Taylor (née Cantrell).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 13 Sep 1925, Willie, age 18 years, 7 months and 8 days, and Luther Winstead Taylor, age 18 years, 11 months and 15 days were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 13 Sep 1925, Willie, age 18 years, 7 months and 8 days, and Luther Winstead Taylor, age 18 years, 11 months and 15 days were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Child of: Willie Ethel Cantrell and Luther Winstead Taylor

Reba Dell Taylor¹ B: 7 Feb 1932, D: 22 Aug 2002

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1910	18 Apr 1910, Young Bend Road, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	Felix Pleas Cantrell, Mary Magdelene Luna, Mina Cantrell, Duke Verrel Cantrell, Daisy Cantrell, Nora Ada Cantrell, Pink Cantrell and Bettie A. Cantrell²
Census-1920	8 Jan 1920, Young Bend Road, Civil District #25, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	Felix Pleas Cantrell, Duke Verrel Cantrell, Daisy Cantrell, Nora Ada Cantrell, Pink Cantrell, Bettie A. Cantrell, Thomas Please Cantrell, Myrtle Cantrell, Mary Cantrell, Alfie Cantrell, Zollie Lee Redmon, Mina Cantrell, Annie Redmon and Gladys Redmon³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

18 Apr 1910, Young Bend Road, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Felix Pleas Cantrell, Mary Magdelene Luna, Mina Cantrell, Duke Verrel Cantrell, Daisy Cantrell, Nora Ada Cantrell, Pink Cantrell and Bettie A. Cantrell²

Census-1920

8 Jan 1920, Young Bend Road, Civil District #25, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Felix Pleas Cantrell, Duke Verrel Cantrell, Daisy Cantrell, Nora Ada Cantrell, Pink Cantrell, Bettie A. Cantrell, Thomas Please Cantrell, Myrtle Cantrell, Mary Cantrell, Alfie Cantrell, Zollie Lee Redmon, Mina Cantrell, Annie Redmon and Gladys Redmon³

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

Felix Pleas Cantrell¹

Family

TMG ID:68091, (29 Sep 1876 - 1 Apr 1957)

Relationship:

6th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Alvin Pleasant Cantrell² B: 14 Aug 1845, D: 30 Mar 1930

Mother*

Lucy Valtin Elkins² B: 16 Apr 1849, D: 24 Nov 1934

Vital Statistics

Born: Felix Pleas Cantrell was born on Friday, 29 Sep 1876, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Monday, 1 Apr 1957 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 80 years, 6 months and 3 days.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Felix Pleas Cantrell was the son of: Alvin Pleasant Cantrell and Lucy Valtin Elkins.²

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: his nickname was "Pappy"¹

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Wednesday, 5 Aug 1896, Felix, age 19 years, 10 months and 7 days, and Mary Magdelene Luna, age 19 years, 7 months and 24 days, daughter of: John Calhoun Luna and Nancy Valentine Turner, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, Related: 3^rd cousins once removed.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 5 Aug 1896, Felix, age 19 years, 10 months and 7 days, and Mary Magdelene Luna, age 19 years, 7 months and 24 days, daughter of: John Calhoun Luna and Nancy Valentine Turner, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, Related: 3^rd cousins once removed.¹

Children of: Felix Pleas Cantrell and Mary Magdelene Luna

Mina Cantrell+³ B: 23 Nov 1897, D: 8 Jan 1996
Nova Etta Cantrell² B: 12 Jun 1899, D: 28 Jul 1900
Duke Verrel Cantrell+² B: 5 Sep 1900, D: 19 Jan 1987
Leona Cantrell⁶ B: 23 Feb 1901, D: 23 Sep 1903
Daisy Cantrell³ B: c 1904
Nora Ada Cantrell+² B: 19 Jun 1905, D: 7 May 1955
Willie Ethel Cantrell+¹ B: 5 Feb 1907, D: 15 Apr 1999
Pink Cantrell³ B: c 1909
Bettie A. Cantrell⁵ B: c 1910
Thomas Please Cantrell+⁴ B: 26 Jul 1911, D: 1 Sep 1978
Myrtle Cantrell⁴ B: c 1913
Mary Cantrell⁴ B: c 1915
Alfie Cantrell⁴ B: c 1917
Edith Odell Cantrell⁷ B: 6 Jun 1920, D: 27 Sep 1926

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1910	18 Apr 1910, Young Bend Road, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	Mary Magdelene Luna, Mina Cantrell, Duke Verrel Cantrell, Daisy Cantrell, Nora Ada Cantrell, Willie Ethel Cantrell, Pink Cantrell and Bettie A. Cantrell³
Census-1920	8 Jan 1920, Young Bend Road, Civil District #25, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	Duke Verrel Cantrell, Daisy Cantrell, Nora Ada Cantrell, Willie Ethel Cantrell, Pink Cantrell, Bettie A. Cantrell, Thomas Please Cantrell, Myrtle Cantrell, Mary Cantrell, Alfie Cantrell, Zollie Lee Redmon, Mina Cantrell, Annie Redmon and Gladys Redmon⁴
Census-1930	3 Apr 1930, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	Mary Magdelene Luna, Bettie A. Cantrell, Mary Cantrell and Alfie Cantrell⁵

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

18 Apr 1910, Young Bend Road, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Mary Magdelene Luna, Mina Cantrell, Duke Verrel Cantrell, Daisy Cantrell, Nora Ada Cantrell, Willie Ethel Cantrell, Pink Cantrell and Bettie A. Cantrell³

Census-1920

8 Jan 1920, Young Bend Road, Civil District #25, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Duke Verrel Cantrell, Daisy Cantrell, Nora Ada Cantrell, Willie Ethel Cantrell, Pink Cantrell, Bettie A. Cantrell, Thomas Please Cantrell, Myrtle Cantrell, Mary Cantrell, Alfie Cantrell, Zollie Lee Redmon, Mina Cantrell, Annie Redmon and Gladys Redmon⁴

Census-1930

3 Apr 1930, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Mary Magdelene Luna, Bettie A. Cantrell, Mary Cantrell and Alfie Cantrell⁵

Occupation(s)

Date	Location	Occupation/Industry
circa Apr 1910	DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	farmer general farm³
circa Jan 1920	DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	farm laborer general farm⁴
circa Apr 1930	DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	pastor congregational⁵

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Apr 1910

DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

farmer general farm³

circa Jan 1920

DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

farm laborer general farm⁴

circa Apr 1930

DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

pastor congregational⁵

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/3m4fuhm, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S1027] Tennessee Marriages - 1796 - 1950, online <http://tinyurl.com/ob5hwpo>. Hereinafter cited as TNDeath Records.

Last Edited

8 Sep 2016

Mary Magdelene Luna¹

Family

TMG ID:68092, (12 Dec 1876 - 30 Jan 1966)

Relationship:

7th cousin 1 time removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

John Calhoun Luna¹ B: 24 Aug 1844, D: 9 Jun 1932

Mother*

Nancy Valentine Turner¹ B: 11 Aug 1846, D: 23 Jan 1930

Vital Statistics

Born: Mary Magdelene Luna was born on Tuesday, 12 Dec 1876, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹
Died on Sunday, 30 Jan 1966 at Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 89 years, 1 month and 18 days.^1,2
Interred after 30 Jan 1966 at Jefferson Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Mary Magdelene Luna was the daughter of: John Calhoun Luna and Nancy Valentine Turner.¹

Alias(es)

Name-Married: on Wednesday, 5 Aug 1896, her married name became Mrs. Cantrell (née Luna).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Wednesday, 5 Aug 1896, Mary, age 19 years, 7 months and 24 days, and Felix Pleas Cantrell, age 19 years, 10 months and 7 days, son of: Alvin Pleasant Cantrell and Lucy Valtin Elkins, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, Related: 3^rd cousins once removed.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Wednesday, 5 Aug 1896, Mary, age 19 years, 7 months and 24 days, and Felix Pleas Cantrell, age 19 years, 10 months and 7 days, son of: Alvin Pleasant Cantrell and Lucy Valtin Elkins, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, Related: 3^rd cousins once removed.¹

Children of: Mary Magdelene Luna and Felix Pleas Cantrell

Mina Cantrell+³ B: 23 Nov 1897, D: 8 Jan 1996
Nova Etta Cantrell⁵ B: 12 Jun 1899, D: 28 Jul 1900
Duke Verrel Cantrell+⁵ B: 5 Sep 1900, D: 19 Jan 1987
Leona Cantrell² B: 23 Feb 1901, D: 23 Sep 1903
Daisy Cantrell³ B: c 1904
Nora Ada Cantrell+⁵ B: 19 Jun 1905, D: 7 May 1955
Willie Ethel Cantrell+¹ B: 5 Feb 1907, D: 15 Apr 1999
Pink Cantrell³ B: c 1909
Bettie A. Cantrell⁴ B: c 1910
Thomas Please Cantrell+⁶ B: 26 Jul 1911, D: 1 Sep 1978
Myrtle Cantrell⁶ B: c 1913
Mary Cantrell⁶ B: c 1915
Alfie Cantrell⁶ B: c 1917
Edith Odell Cantrell⁷ B: 6 Jun 1920, D: 27 Sep 1926

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1910	18 Apr 1910, Young Bend Road, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	Felix Pleas Cantrell, Mina Cantrell, Duke Verrel Cantrell, Daisy Cantrell, Nora Ada Cantrell, Willie Ethel Cantrell, Pink Cantrell and Bettie A. Cantrell³
Census-1930	3 Apr 1930, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	Felix Pleas Cantrell, Bettie A. Cantrell, Mary Cantrell and Alfie Cantrell⁴

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1910

18 Apr 1910, Young Bend Road, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Felix Pleas Cantrell, Mina Cantrell, Duke Verrel Cantrell, Daisy Cantrell, Nora Ada Cantrell, Willie Ethel Cantrell, Pink Cantrell and Bettie A. Cantrell³

Census-1930

3 Apr 1930, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Felix Pleas Cantrell, Bettie A. Cantrell, Mary Cantrell and Alfie Cantrell⁴

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S243] 15 Apr 1910, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9glogje, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910.
[S633] 1 Apr 1930, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y73u3s4c Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/3m4fuhm, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.
[S244] 1 Jan 1920, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/ya4dwjbu Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920.
[S1027] Tennessee Marriages - 1796 - 1950, online <http://tinyurl.com/ob5hwpo>. Hereinafter cited as TNDeath Records.

Last Edited

8 Sep 2016

John Calhoun Luna¹

Family

TMG ID:68093, (24 Aug 1844 - 9 Jun 1932)

Vital Statistics

Born: John Calhoun Luna was born on Saturday, 24 Aug 1844, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.^1,2
Died on Thursday, 9 Jun 1932 at Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 87 years, 9 months and 16 days.²
Interred after 9 Jun 1932 at Jefferson Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.²

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Sr.²

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 26 Jan 1868, John, age 23 years, 5 months and 2 days, and Nancy Valentine Turner, age 21 years, 5 months and 15 days, daughter of: Chesley Turner and Martha Patsy Adcock, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 26 Jan 1868, John, age 23 years, 5 months and 2 days, and Nancy Valentine Turner, age 21 years, 5 months and 15 days, daughter of: Chesley Turner and Martha Patsy Adcock, were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Children of: John Calhoun Luna and Nancy Valentine Turner

Nora Tennessee Luna+³ B: 11 Aug 1869, D: 15 Apr 1952
Mary Magdelene Luna+¹ B: 12 Dec 1876, D: 30 Jan 1966
Mary Magdalene Luna+² B: 12 Dec 1876, D: 30 Jan 1966
Nancy Evelyn Luna+³ B: 4 Dec 1883, D: 26 Dec 1974

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/3m4fuhm, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.

Last Edited

7 Nov 2019

Nancy Valentine Turner¹

Family

TMG ID:68094, (11 Aug 1846 - 23 Jan 1930)

Relationship:

6th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Chesley Turner¹ B: 13 Apr 1821, D: 11 Mar 1911

Mother*

Martha Patsy Adcock¹ B: 1824, D: 1872

Vital Statistics

Born: Nancy Valentine Turner was born on Tuesday, 11 Aug 1846, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.²
Died on Thursday, 23 Jan 1930 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 83 years, 5 months and 12 days.^1,2
Interred after 23 Jan 1930 at Jefferson Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Nancy Valentine Turner was the daughter of: Chesley Turner and Martha Patsy Adcock.¹
Born: Nancy Valentine Turner was born in 1849, at Tennessee^G.³

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: her nickname was "Nannie"²
Name-Married: on Sunday, 26 Jan 1868, her married name became Mrs. Luna (née Turner).

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	Sunday, 26 Jan 1868, Nancy, age 21 years, 5 months and 15 days, and John Calhoun Luna, age 23 years, 5 months and 2 days were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

Sunday, 26 Jan 1868, Nancy, age 21 years, 5 months and 15 days, and John Calhoun Luna, age 23 years, 5 months and 2 days were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Children of: Nancy Valentine Turner and John Calhoun Luna

Nora Tennessee Luna+⁴ B: 11 Aug 1869, D: 15 Apr 1952
Mary Magdelene Luna+¹ B: 12 Dec 1876, D: 30 Jan 1966
Mary Magdalene Luna+² B: 12 Dec 1876, D: 30 Jan 1966
Nancy Evelyn Luna+⁴ B: 4 Dec 1883, D: 26 Dec 1974

Census Records

Census	Date/Location/Comment	Others Same Household
Census-1850	13 Nov 1850, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G	Chesley Turner, Martha Patsy Adcock, Preston Turner and Henry Turner³

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

13 Nov 1850, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Chesley Turner, Martha Patsy Adcock, Preston Turner and Henry Turner³

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[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.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/3m4fuhm, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.

Last Edited

11 Nov 2019

Chesley Turner¹

Family

TMG ID:68095, (13 Apr 1821 - 11 Mar 1911)

Vital Statistics

Born: Chesley Turner was born on Friday, 13 Apr 1821, at Spartanburg County, South Carolina^G.^1,2
Died on Saturday, 11 Mar 1911 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 89 years, 10 months and 26 days.^1,2

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Born: Chesley Turner was born circa 1822, at Illinois^G.³

Union(s)

Event	Details/Notes
Marriage	1844, Chesley, age 22 years, and Martha Patsy Adcock, age 20 years, daughter of: Henry Adcock and Martha (?), were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹
Marriage	between 1873 and 1880, Chesley and Dorias M. (?) were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹
Marriage	Sunday, 9 Feb 1873, Chesley, age 51 years, 9 months and 27 days, and Asteley Adcock, age 66 years, daughter of: Henry Adcock and Martha (?), were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1844, Chesley, age 22 years, and Martha Patsy Adcock, age 20 years, daughter of: Henry Adcock and Martha (?), were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Marriage

between 1873 and 1880, Chesley and Dorias M. (?) were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Marriage

Sunday, 9 Feb 1873, Chesley, age 51 years, 9 months and 27 days, and Asteley Adcock, age 66 years, daughter of: Henry Adcock and Martha (?), were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Children of: Chesley Turner and Martha Patsy Adcock

Preston Turner+¹ B: 11 May 1845, D: 18 Jan 1923
Nancy Valentine Turner+¹ B: 11 Aug 1846, D: 23 Jan 1930
Henry Turner+¹ B: Jun 1847, D: 7 Sep 1908

Other Major Events

Military: Chesley Turner military service, 2nd Lieutenant, Company C, Colms 1st Battalion, Confederate States Army.²
Military: on Tuesday, 10 Dec 1861, Chesley Turner at age 40, began military service, enlisted in Confederate States Army.²
Military: on Sunday, 16 Feb 1862, at Fort Donelson, Stewart County, Tennessee^G, Chesley Turner at age 40, military service, captured.²
Military: after 16 Feb 1862, at Johnson's Island Prisoner of War Camp, Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio^G, Chesley Turner military service.²
Military: in Sep 1862, at Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi^G, Chesley Turner at age 41, military service, exchanged.²
Military: on Saturday, 20 Sep 1862, Chesley Turner at age 41, military service, withdrew and returned home.²

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

13 Nov 1850, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Martha Patsy Adcock, Preston Turner, Nancy Valentine Turner and Henry Turner³

Census-1870

30 Aug 1870, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Martha Patsy Adcock⁴

Occupation(s)

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Aug 1870

DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

black smith⁴

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[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.
[S97] 1 Jun 1870, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9hbo4f7 Ninth Census of the United States, 1870.

Last Edited

11 Nov 2019

Martha Patsy Adcock^1,2

Family

TMG ID:68096, (1824 - 1872)

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Henry Adcock¹ B: 1783, D: bt 1851 - 1860

Mother*

Martha (?)¹ B: 1787, D: a 1850

Vital Statistics

Born: Martha Patsy Adcock was born in 1824, at Warren County, Tennessee^G.^1,3,2
Died in 1872 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 48 years.^1,2
Interred in 1872 at Jefferson Cemetery, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.²

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Martha Patsy Adcock was the daughter of: Henry Adcock and Martha (?)¹

Alias(es)

Nick-Name: her nickname was "Patsy"¹
Name-Married: in 1844, her married name became Mrs. Turner (née Adcock).

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1844, Martha, age 20 years, and Chesley Turner, age 22 years were married at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Children of: Martha Patsy Adcock and Chesley Turner

Preston Turner+¹ B: 11 May 1845, D: 18 Jan 1923
Nancy Valentine Turner+¹ B: 11 Aug 1846, D: 23 Jan 1930
Henry Turner+¹ B: Jun 1847, D: 7 Sep 1908

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

13 Nov 1850, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Chesley Turner, Preston Turner, Nancy Valentine Turner and Henry Turner⁴

Census-1870

30 Aug 1870, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Chesley Turner⁵

Occupation(s)

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Aug 1870

DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

keeps house⁵

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.
[S826] Find A Grave, online <http://tinyurl.com/5xkq9>. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
[S816] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jnyonle, Errol Bevan (e-mail address), updated as of 3 Jul 2009.
[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.
[S97] 1 Jun 1870, Digital, FamilySearch.org, 35 NW Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, https://tinyurl.com/y9hbo4f7 Ninth Census of the United States, 1870.

Last Edited

11 Nov 2019

Henry Adcock¹

Family

TMG ID:68097, (1783 - bt 1851 - 1860)

Relationship:

4th cousin 4 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Leonard Adcock¹ B: c 1745, D: 28 Jun 1831

Mother*

Jane Cantrell¹ B: 1760, D: 27 Mar 1827

Vital Statistics

Born: Henry Adcock was born in 1783, at Spartanburg County, South Carolina^G.¹
Died between 1851 and 1860 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Henry Adcock was the son of: Leonard Adcock and Jane Cantrell.¹

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1804, Henry, age 21 years, and Martha (?), age 17 years were married at Spartanburg County, South Carolina^G.^1,2

Children of: Henry Adcock and Martha (?)

Wesley Adcock+¹ B: 1805, D: 1895
Asteley Adcock¹ B: 1807
Thomas Adcock+² B: 9 Apr 1817, D: 30 Aug 1905
Preston Adcock+² B: 1820, D: c 1870
Henry Adcock+⁴ B: c 1823, D: Jun 1882
Martha Patsy Adcock+¹ B: 1824, D: 1872
Newton Edward Adcock+⁵ B: 1830, D: 24 Apr 1862

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

13 Nov 1850, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Martha (?), Newton Edward Adcock and Wesley Adcock³

Occupation(s)

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Nov 1850

DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

farmer³

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.
[S816] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jnyonle, Errol Bevan (e-mail address), updated as of 3 Jul 2009.
[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.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/3m4fuhm, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.

Last Edited

11 Nov 2019

Martha (?)¹

Family

TMG ID:68098, (1787 - a 1850)

Vital Statistics

Born: Martha (?) was born in 1787, at Spartanburg County, South Carolina^G.¹
Died after 1850 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.²

Alias(es)

Name-Married: in 1804, her married name became Mrs. Adcock.

Union(s)

Event

Details/Notes

Marriage

1804, Martha, age 17 years, and Henry Adcock, age 21 years, son of: Leonard Adcock and Jane Cantrell, were married at Spartanburg County, South Carolina^G.^1,2

Children of: Martha (?) and Henry Adcock

Wesley Adcock+¹ B: 1805, D: 1895
Asteley Adcock¹ B: 1807
Thomas Adcock+² B: 9 Apr 1817, D: 30 Aug 1905
Preston Adcock+² B: 1820, D: c 1870
Henry Adcock+⁴ B: c 1823, D: Jun 1882
Martha Patsy Adcock+¹ B: 1824, D: 1872
Newton Edward Adcock+⁵ B: 1830, D: 24 Apr 1862

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

13 Nov 1850, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Henry Adcock, Newton Edward Adcock and Wesley Adcock³

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.
[S816] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jnyonle, Errol Bevan (e-mail address), updated as of 3 Jul 2009.
[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.
[S620] FamilySearch.org, online https://tinyurl.com/3m4fuhm, Various (Utah), updated as of Various, Pedigree Resource File.

Last Edited

11 Nov 2019

Wesley Adcock¹

Family

TMG ID:68099, (1805 - 1895)

Relationship:

5th cousin 3 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Henry Adcock¹ B: 1783, D: bt 1851 - 1860

Mother*

Martha (?)¹ B: 1787, D: a 1850

Vital Statistics

Born: Wesley Adcock was born in 1805, at Spartanburg County, South Carolina^G.^1,2
Died in 1895 at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, at age 90 years.^1,2

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Wesley Adcock was the son of: Henry Adcock and Martha (?)¹

Alias(es)

Name-Variation: He was also known as Westley^2,3

Child of: Wesley Adcock

Juletta Adcock¹ B: 1845

Census Records

Census

Date/Location/Comment

Others Same Household

Census-1850

13 Nov 1850, Civil District #06, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

Henry Adcock, Martha (?) and Newton Edward Adcock³

Census-1880

14 Jun 1880, Civil District #07, DeKalb County, Tennessee^G, includes granddaughter, Harriet Gilbert, born in Tennessee, ca 1861

Henry Adcock, Mercy Jane Pike, Calvin W. Adcock, Robert L. Adcock and Armida Adcock⁴

Occupation(s)

Date

Location

Occupation/Industry

circa Nov 1850

DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

none³

circa Jun 1880

DeKalb County, Tennessee^G

nothing⁴

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.
[S816] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jnyonle, Errol Bevan (e-mail address), updated as of 3 Jul 2009.
[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.

Last Edited

11 Nov 2019

Juletta Adcock¹

Family

TMG ID:68100, (1845 - )

Relationship:

6th cousin 2 times removed of Elsie Dora Lewis

Father*

Wesley Adcock¹ B: 1805, D: 1895

Vital Statistics

Born: Juletta Adcock was born in 1845, at DeKalb County, Tennessee^G.¹

Obituary & Other Vital Info

Juletta Adcock was the daughter of: Wesley Adcock.¹

Citations

[S807] RootsWeb.com, online http://tinyurl.com/jy5c4um, Glenn Merchant (e-mail address), updated as of 24 Dec 2008.

Last Edited

1 Feb 2013

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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