Hennessee, Darlene

Raymond married Harrison, Annie. Annie (daughter of Harrison, George W. and Woods, Mattie Roxie) was born on 15 Jul 1900 in Ryan, Jefferson County, Oklahoma; died on 01 Dec 1998 in Burnet County, Texas; was buried in Pecan Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1910, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma
• Census: 1920, Lawrence Township, Comanche County, Oklahoma

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• Also Known As: (J. D.)
• Occupation: horse trader, City of Lawton's jailer and janitor
• Residence: 1907, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma

John married Hennessee, Nancy Elvira in Oct 1890 in Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas. Nancy (daughter of Hennessee, Archibald Hugh and Hayes, Mary) was born on 04 Feb 1866 in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee; died in 1935 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma; was buried in Pecan Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 05 Aug 1870, Warren County, Tennessee
• Residence: 1907, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma

Notes:

Obituary: Mrs Hennessee Dies in Lawton - Funeral Services To Be Held At Pecan Cemetery on Monday.
Mrs. J. D. Hennessee, 69, wife of Lawton's city jailer and janitor, died at 9:30 Saturday night at the family residence at 1008 "G" avenue. Mrs. Hennessee had been in bad health about four years. Her condition had been serious for nearly a month. She was born February 4, 1866, McMinnville, Warren County, TN. The family moved to Texas while she was a girl. She married to J. D. Hennessee in October 1890 at Arlington, Texas. They came to Lawton in 1907. Surviving are her husband, one son, Raymond; three sisters, Mrs. Nellie (Elender) Cunningham & Mrs. Sallie Rhoades (sic Rhodes) both of Lawton, & Mrs. Carrie Chaffin of Dallas, Texas; & one brother, Wm. Patrick Hennessee of Lawton.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Pecan cemetery near Lawton. Burial will be made in that cemetery with the Lawton Funeral home in charge. Friends sympathize with members of the family in their bereavement.
Nancy was called "Aunt Wheeler". The d/o Archibald H. & Mary (Hayes) Hennessee. w/o John Drake Hennessee, s/o Patrick & Hannah L. (Harrison) Hennessee. Nancy & John Drake Hennessee were 2nd cousins. One son born to this union: Raymond Elmore Hennessee, b. 30 Oct. 1895, Kaufman Co., TX

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• Also Known As: Sandy
• Occupation: Farmer
• Census: 1910, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma
• Census: 1920, Lawrence Township, Comanche County, Oklahoma
• Census: 1930, Lawrence Township, Comanche County, Oklahoma

Notes:

George's birthday was corrected from November to October upon the discovery of his Obituary, which was typed from the original which was too damaged to scan.

1910 Census indicates George was the head of household, owned his home and farm, free of any mortgage and he could read and write.

1920 Census indicates George was the head of household, owned his home and and it was mortgaged and he could read and write.

1930 Census indicates George was the head of household, owned his dwelling and it was mortgaged for $3700. It states he was 20 years old Mattie was 15 when they first got married and he was not a veteran.

Quote By Cassie Belle Harrison: "First he went to Aunt Sally because he was not treated well by his step mother and she didn't treat Audley good either. He later lived with a family who was a teacher. One day when I was about 10 the teacher, a man, came up to Misourri on a horse to see George. He hadn't seen him in awhile. George was about 14 when he rigged a pole so it would come down on my head when I would open the door, he was always playing pranks. Soon after that he left home."

Obituary: George W Harrison, 78, retired farmer of 1507 S. Fourth, died at 2:15 a.m. Sunday in a local hospiital after an illness of three weeks. Born Oct. 23, 1872, in Tennessee, he was married to Miss Mattie Woods on May 12, 1892, in Ellis county, Texas. They moved to Lawton from Duncan. Survivors include his wife of the home address, six sons, Ed, Phoenix, Ariz; Dan, 1316 G; Obie, Rt. 2, Lawton; Johnny, of the home address; Charley, 2701 F; and Vollie, 401 Garfield. Three daughters, Mrs. Annie Hennessee, Harlingen, Texas; Mrs. Maggie Yound, Coalinga, Calif; and Mrs. Cassie Bevis, Riverdale, Calif; 35 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Josie Mosiey, Slavin, Texas.

George married Woods, Mattie Roxie on 12 May 1892 in Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas. Mattie (daughter of Woods, George Washington and Templeton, Mary Jane) was born on 28 Feb 1876 in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee; died on 15 Sep 1967 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma; was buried in 1967 in Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Aunt Matt
• Census: 1910, Parks Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma
• Census: 1920, Lawrence Township, Comanche County, Oklahoma
• Census: 1930, Lawrence Township, Comanche County, Oklahoma

Notes:

Mattie's birth place was corrected from Warren County to Murfreesboro, Rutherford County upon the discovery of her original obituary.

1930 Census indicates Mattie was a housewife and she could read and write.

Obituary: Services for Mrs. Mattie Roxie Harrison, 91, of 1507 S. Fourth, will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Pentecostal Holiness Church, 15th and D. Mrs. Harrison died about 5 p.m. Friday in a local hospital following an illness of seven weeks. Rev. Fred Andrews, pastor, will officiate, assisted by Rev. James A. Howeth, a local Baptist minister. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery under direction of Becker Funeral Home. Born Feb. 28, 1876, at Murfreesboro, Tenn., she was married to George W. Harrison, May 12, 1892, at Waxahachie, Tex. Mr. Harrison died in August of 1951. The couple moved to Oklahoma in 1899 and to Lawton in 1920. Mrs. Harrison was a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors include five sons, Dan Harrison, 1513 I; Obie Harrison, 1317 Pennsylvania; Charley Harrison, 2430 E; Volley Harrison, 1507 S. Fourth; and Johnny Harrison, of Lancaster, Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Annie Hennessee, 1011 G; Mrs. Maggie Young, of Coalinga, Calif.; and Mrs. Cassie Bevis, of Santa Clara, Calif.; a brother Marvin Woods, of Shafter Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Alice Sosbee, of Harlingen, Tex.; Mrs. Emma Washington, of Marietta, Okla.; 37 grandchildren, 115 great grandchildren and 52 great great grandchildren.

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• Census: 13 Aug 1860, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee

Notes:

1860 Census indicates Patrick and Hannah were living in Warren County, Tennessee with thier first baby Francis who was just one year old. The Census also states Patrick was a farmer and his real estate property was valued at $1,000 and he had $400 in personal property.

Documentation: Wright County, Missouri Census of 1850. Patrick is listed as 21 years of age.

Quote by Eugene Wiseman: "Patrick was mean to Hannah. The children ran him off and he started a second family in Missouri. This family then moved to Mountain Grove, Missouri in about 1875. Scott Patrick and Hannah L. Harrison-Hennessee's children were all born in Warren County and all died in Missouri, except Audley who died in Dallas County, Texas.

Patrick and Hannah's family was living in Van Buren County during 1870.

Documentation: Putman County Census substantiates Patrick's second family.

This family on 1880 Morris, Warren County, Tennessee census not worked.

"Chancery Court Records, Book 1" (1847-1854), Pg. 484-486, George Harrison, Administrator of the Estate of Audley Harrison, Deceased vs.Joseph Harrison and others, states Patrick was named in his wife's father's will.

Patrick married Harrison, Hannah L.. Hannah (daughter of Harrison, Audley M. Sr. and Dennis, Hannah Elizabeth) was born in 1832 in Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1840, Warren County, Tennessee
• Census: 13 Aug 1860, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee

Notes:

Chancery Court Records, Book 1 (1847-1854), Page 484-486
George Harrison, Administrator of the Estate of Audley Harrison, Deceased
vs.
Joseph Harrison and others

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• Also Known As: Arch
• Occupation: Farmer
• Census: 27 Sep 1850, Warren County, Tennessee
• Census: 13 Aug 1860, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee
• _MILT: 06 Sep 1861; Confederate Army, 5th Tennessee, Company "B", under the command of Forest
• Census: 05 Aug 1870, Warren County, Tennessee

Notes:

25 MAR 2011 - TEMP RESEARCH NOTE: SOME CHILDREN ARE NOT CORRECT DUE TO TAKING IN BROTHER'S CHILDREN. DOCUMENTS RECEIVED TO CORRECT IT BUT DATA IS YET TO BE UPDATED!!! -Sandra Harrison

1850 Census Record indicates Archibald and Nancy were living in Warren County, Tennesee and had four children living with them, George who was 7, Elizabeth (Rachel) who was 5, Virginia who was 3, and Ezekiel who was just 5 months. The Census also shows that Archibald was a farmer, he did not own any property and he and Nancy could not read or write.

1860 Census Record indicates Archibald and Nancy were living in Warren County, Tennessee and had six children living with them, George who was 16, Elizabeth (Rachel) who was 14, Virginia who was 12, Ezekiel who was 10, Joseph who was 5, Jacinth who was 3 and Milly who was just 4 months. The Census also shows that Archibald was a loborer, he owned $400 in personal property but no real estate and Nancy was a house keeper.

Between April 17th and May 20th, 1861 Tennessee seceded from the Union along with Virginia, Arkansas and North Carolina. That summer Camp Smartt was established and as the individual Civil War soldier's records show, on September 6, 1861 at least 15 of the Harrison and Hennessee brothers and cousins enlisted in the Civil War and on September 11th the Tennessee Mountain Rifle Regiment was organized. The Regiment changed names several times but finally came to be known as the 35th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. They served in the Regiment while it was called the 5th Regiment, Company "B" under the command of C M Forrest. These Hennessee and Harrison men included at least: Audley M Harrison and his brother Alexander, cousins J W and Samuel Harrison, his wife Nancy Hennessee's four brothers; James Sr., John Thomas, Patrick Scott and "Big" Thomas Jr., his wife's cousin and daughter's husband Archibald Hugh Hennessee, and Hennessee cousins Anderson L, George, James C, "Little" Thomas, Thomas L and James Jr.

Archibald's wife Nancy didn't know she was only a few weeks pregnant when Archibald joined the Civil War, leaving her home with six children under the age of fifteen with the youngest being just two years old. Archibald had been in the Civil War for about ten months, when he gets word that Nancy had complications during child birth, the baby had died and Nancy was not recovering. I can only assume this is why the Muster Rolls for July and August, 1862 indicate he is "Absent without leave" and on on July 9, his son George is granted furlough for 30 days and when he returns Archibald's Muster Roll dated July 17, states "At home and his son George in his place." Since this does match the time frame Nancy died, George could have gotten word of his mother's death, gone home for his mother's burial and then returned in his father's place to fight the war.

On January 16, 1863, George "Appears on a LIST of killed, wounded and missing, in Cleburne's Division, Hardee's Corps. A. T., in the batle of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862. This may be why previous books on the Harrison and Hennessee families have stated George was "killed in the Civil War". I obtained a copy of the original document and it further details "Slightly wounded in hip" and continues to show up on the Muster Rolls as "Present" through April of 1863. I was discussing this with Mary Elizabeth Barnes,

Archibald and John Authur Cunningham were first cousins and faught together in the Civil War. John was a Captian, but Archibald never got above the rank of private. There is a photograph of John Aurther pointing a pistol at Archibald which was taken in the late 1800s. The weapon in the photograph was last seen in the home of Nellie Hennessee Cunningham, as per an interview with Alford Hennessee. John Authur Cunningham is burried a Pecan Cemetery not far from Archibald's son Ezkiel and his wife Victoria Hennessee.

Alexander Daniel Hennessee was in my file and online on a few family trees, although I did not think he was Archibald's son. I found the birth date of 1863 online and 1858 in Hennessee Family History. Further research found this came from information that Alfred Hennessee gave to the writer of Hennessee Family History and Wiseman Family and Allied Lines which added his marriage to Nancy Turpin. Both books show Archibald Hugh Hennesse had a son Alexander, but they both showed different mothers. I didn't think he was born in 1863 because he wasn't on the 1860 census with the family and I have now contacted Alexander's grandchildren and they don't believe him to be Archibald's Son. However in 1870, Archibald's nephew Philander was living with them and he was born in 1858. The census is very faded and difficult to read. I was able to darken the image and enlarge it to see it was Philander and I can see how someone years ago could have mistaken the name to look like Alexander. There is a Alexander Hennessee who was born in 1863 who married Nancy Turpin, moved to Oklahoma, had several children, died in December 1898 and is buried in Grady Cemetery in Jefferson County, Oklahoma but his parents are not Archiblad Hugh Hennessee and Nancy Harrison.

While researching this I became interested in this story and wondered why Archiblad had some of his brother's children living with him. I had notes from ten years ago saying that I needed to do more research on Archibald's brother's family, William "Thomas" Hennessee and his wife Eleanor Nellie Hays, because it looked like they and some of their children all died in November of 1868. When I first found this information and saw so many women with children with no husbands, I thought Thomas could have died in the Civil War but they had children after the end of the Civil War. Here ten years later there are more online options available for searching and I just happen to find some of Thomas' children who I thought had died, living with their uncle Archibald Hughes Hennessee and other Hays, McGregor and Lawrence relatives. Thomas was always easy to find on a census because he lived within a few houses from Archibald, if not in the same house.

I found William Thomas Hennessee and his wife, Eleanor Nellie Hays, did die in November 1868 leaving six to nine children without parents. The children were: Philander who was 10, Willaim 9, Rachel 8, Elvina 6, Mary 5, Laura 4, Patrick 3, Phoeba 1 and Cornelia who was born the same year her parents died. I say leaving six to nine children because previous researchers did not see some of the children living with relatives and stated they died young. Mary Elizabeth Barns, who did the research for the Wiseman book, found some of what I found and states on page 415, "Thomas and Eleanor Hayes Hennessee were deceased by 1870 and their younger children were living with the Hays and Hennessee brothers and sisters."

1870 census for McMinnvile, Warren County, Tennessee shows Philander age 12, Alvira 7, Mary 8 and Cornella 2 living with their uncle Archibald and the 1880 census shows Cornella age 12 listed as Arcibald's niece. I found William, who was 11 years old, living with his mother's McGregor relatives, Laura who was 6 living with James Lawrence and Phoeba who was 5 living with Calhoun and Elizabeth Hays. I did not find Rachel Elizabeth or Partick so they could have died young as some books say and, there could have been an illness in the county that killed them and their parents or they could have even gone to live with other family members and are simply not easy to locate. The census also indicates Archiblad's fam is valued at $3,000 and personal property worth $600 and he can not read or write.

Hennessee Family Cemetery Memorial: Birth: 1821 Warren County, Tennessee Death: Jun. 10, 1884 Warren County, Tennessee
"Arch" as he was called is the son of: Patrick S. and Rachel (Wilcher )Hennessee. He served with Company "B", 35th Tenn. Regiment, C.S.A. Arch is the husband of:
(1) Nancy Harrison, d/o Audley Harrison. Married 1841, 8 children born of this first union: George, Rachel Elizabeth, Virginia A., Ezekiel McGregor, Joseph Thomas, Jacinth N., Millie N., and Alexander L. Hennessee.
(2)Mary Hayes, married Dec. 25, 1863, Warren County, TN., and 8 more children born this 2nd union: Nancy Elvira, Elender, Carrie, Wm. Patrick, Rosettia, Jas. Archibald and twin sister, Mary "Polly", and Sarah Phillips Hennessee. Shortly after the death of Archibald, Widow Mary Hennessee left TN and joined her stepson, Ezekiel McGregor Hennessee and others of the Hennessee family who'd moved on to Texas. Arch's date of death confirmed by his widow "Mary (Hayes) Hennessee's" Confederate Pension Application, #9342. Source: Tx State Archives. The application for pension was approved 22 SEPTEMBER 1902, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas.

"Chancery Court Records, Book 1" (1847-1854), Pg. 484-486, George Harrison, Administrator of the Estate of Audley Harrison, Deceased vs.Joseph Harrison and others, states Archibald was named in his father's will.

Archibald married Hayes, Mary on 25 Dec 1863 in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Hayes, William M Jr and McGregor, Elvira) was born on 15 Apr 1845 in McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee; died on 22 Apr 1912 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma; was buried in Pecan Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 05 Aug 1870, Warren County, Tennessee

Notes:

Quote from Mary's granddaughter, Irene Hennessee Stapleton Askew, daughter of William Patrick Hennessee "The day Papa's mother died, Papa took the wagon and went right away to get a coffin to bury her in, but found her body was so large and it wouldn't fit into the coffin. There was nothing Papa and Mama could do but remove all the lining inside to enlarge it to fit her body. Once Papa got his mother Mary on cotton scales to weigh her, she weighed over 340 lbs."

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• Also Known As: Andy
• Death: Warren County, Tennessee
• _MILT: Confederate Army, 5th Tennessee, Company "B", under the command of Forest
• Census: 27 Sep 1850, Warren County, Tennessee
• Census: 09 Aug 1860, Warren County, Tennessee
• Census: 06 Aug 1870, Warren County, Tennessee
• Census: 1880, Fannin County, Texas
• Residence: 1887, Milford, Ellis County, Texas
• Census: 15 Jun 1900, Milford, Ellis County, Texas
• Retired: 1901, Milford, Ellis County, Texas; Applied for his Confederate Pension which was approved in 1902

Notes:

1850 Census indicates Audley Jr. was 8 years old on September 27, 1850.

1870 Census indicates Edly (Audley) Harrison was 26 living in Warren County, Tennessee on August 6, 1870 with his wife Nancy who was 25, son Obediah 7 and daughter Sarah who was 5. The Census also shows Edly was a farmer and Nancy kept house and she could not read or write. Their real estate was valued at $2000 and their personal property was valued at $1000.

1900 Census Milford, Ellis County, Texas, B Sheet No. 4 18 indicates Audley was living in Ellis County, Texas with his wife Laura A and daughter Cora, common laborer, owned his own home free and clear and everyone in the home could read and write. It also indicates he was born in the month of October and I changed his birthdate to reflect this. It states Laura A had given birth to 5 children and only 3 were living, Cora who lived with them was 14 and she had only been married to Audley for 12 years. This may mean that Laura had Cora before she married Audley.

Audley Harrison, Jr. was about eleven years old when his father, Audley Harrison, Sr. died.

Harrison and Hennessee Families: Lived Together and Fought Together
Between April 17th and May 20th, 1861 Tennessee seceded from the Union along with Virginia, Arkansas and North Carolina. That summer Camp Smartt was established and as the individual Civil War soldier's records show, on September 6, 1861 at least 15 of the Harrison and Hennessee brothers and cousins enlisted in the Civil War and on September 11th the Tennessee Mountain Rifle Regiment was organized. The Regiment changed names several times but finally came to be known as the 35th Tennessee Infantry Regiment. They served in the Regiment while it was called the 5th Regiment, Company "B" under the command of C M Forrest. These Hennessee and Harrison men included at least: Audley M Harrison and his brother Alexander, cousins J W and Samuel Harrison, his wife Nancy Hennessee's four brothers; James Sr., John Thomas, Patrick Scott and "Big" Thomas Jr., his wife's cousin and daughter's husband Archibald Hugh Hennessee, and Hennessee cousins Anderson L, George, James C, "Little" Thomas, Thomas L and James Jr.

Before 1880, Audley Harrison, Jr. moved to Texas where he settled in Milford, Ellis County, Texas.

April 12, 1898, Audley lived in Forney, Kafman County, Texas. His son Obediah came to visit and wrote home to his wife who was in Missouri on this date. Juanita (Clower) Kirby Wells has this original letter.

Somewhere I saw that there were more children for this family, Rachel, Mary Frances, Joseph and Elizabeth. However I could not confirm this information, I had no dates or location of birth and deleted it from my file.

1930 Census, Audley's son George, indicates his father was born in Tennessee.

DAR file number 840385 shows Audley died in Warren County, Tennessee in 1870 and several other reports including the Death Record on ancestry.com says he died in Bonnham, Fannin County, Texas. However this can not be correct as he is on Census records in 1880, 1890 and 1900 in Texas and applied for his pension #08676 near the end of his life in 1902. I have a copy of this pension in my possession. I spoke to the Texas State Library and Archives and they stated their Pension Log shows he died on May 20, 1902 and his one and only Pension check was mailed to Ellis County, Texas. A copy of this log is being mailed to me.

Death:
This information is NOT correct and has been proven by the original pension records I received from the Texas Secretary of State. It is being corrected in the DAR records with my application, which is the only way DAR will make changes or corrections to records. - Sandra Harrison

Died:
Juanita Clower Kirby Wells research shows Audley died in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas and so does the ancestry.com death index record.

Audley married Hennessee, Nancy on 14 Apr 1861 in Warren County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Hennessee, Thomas and Jennings, Sally) was born in 1845 in Warren County, Tennessee; died between 1872 and 1876 in Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 1839
• Census: 06 Aug 1870, Warren County, Tennessee

Notes:

Some published family trees note Nancy Hennessee's birth date as 1839. This writer could not locate any information to document the 1839 birth date.

1870 Census indicates Nancy was 25. She would have been born about 1845.

Cassie (Harrison) Bevis thinks Nancy may have died in or near child birth. She may have never recovered after having the twins.

1930 Census, Nancy's son George, indicates his mother was born in Tennessee.

Notes:

Wiseman book indicates wedding day as 14th, ancestry.com Tennessee Marriage Index indicates 13th. Will order Warren County, Tennessee Marriage Records 1852 - 1900 to verify this information.

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• Census: 1930, Lawrence Township, Comanche County, Oklahoma

Notes:

1930 Census indicates George's parents were both born in Tennessee and he was not a veteran.

1930 Census indicates George was 82 and living with his son-in-law George Harrison in Lawrence Township, Comanche County, Oklahoma.

George married Templeton, Mary Jane. Mary was born in 1857 in Tennessee; died before 1930 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1930 Census, Jane's daugher Mattie, indicates her mother was born in Tennessee and Jane's husband George, indicates that he is a widow so Jane died sometime prior to 1930.