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2451	Was initially rejected because of his age and then enlisted in Company A of 6th South Carolina Reserves where he was a captain. The 6th SC Reserves only served for 90 days in 1862 - 1863. However, Robert Watson Boyd continued and was killed at the Battle of the Crater, an engagement in the Siege of Petersburg, VA, USA, on 30 July 1864.	BOYD, Capt. Robert Watson (I614)
2452	was listed as living in application for delayed birth certificate for daughter Celeste	McKEOWN, Hugh James (I1227)
2453	Was listed as Walter B Simonton’s Grandmother in 1880 census	WELDON, Sarah (I2686)
2454	Was listed as “Idiot” in 1860 census	BOYD, Alexander (I1384)
2455	was living between James Trotter and his daughter Maude Trotter McCalla	TROTTER, Charles Oliver (I4474)
2456	was married twice, mother of 9 children. She outlived both husbands and all nine children.	STRONG, Elizabeth (I7555)
2457	was married twice, mother of 9 children. She outlived both husbands and all nine children.	STRONG, Elizabeth (I7752)
2458	was nearly 78 at death	PATTERSON, Robert Jackson (I1763)
2459	was not in 1860 census	OBENHAUSER, Lucy Dehr (I2263)
2460	was not in 1870 census	DICKSON, Samuel Dunn (I1195)
2461	was not in 1870 census	CARRINGTON, James (I5392)
2462	was not in 1880 census and mother reported 4 of 5 children living in 1900	WEIL, Simon Eugene (I1299)
2463	was not in either 1870 or 1880 census	BOYTE, D. J. (I5666)
2464	was not in either 1870 or 1880 census	BOYTE, William (I5667)
2465	Was not in sister’s (Margaret Black Boyd) obituary	BLACK, Hugh Grady Jr. (I8270)
2466	was not in the 1870 census, but had a daughter born about 1870	MOORE, Mr. (I8117)
2467	was not in the 1880 census	STRONG, Charles P. (I2949)
2468	was not in the 1880 census	CARRINGTON, Presley H [Priestly H] (I5352)
2469	was not in the 1900 census; mother had 4 living of 4 children	BROWN, Unknown (I8851)
2470	Was not listed as a child in “Lowrey Memorial Baptist Church: The First Hundred Years”. Perhaps she died as a child.	LOWREY, Sarah (I798)
2471	was not listed as living with husband in 1860 census	BIGGS, Lovina (I1474)
2472	was not listed in 1870 census	FORD, W. L. (I1427)
2473	was not listed in1910 census	BOYD, Dewey Hobert (I1840)
2474	was not mentioned in father’s will, although all other children were listed	SIMONTON, Christopher Ross (I355)
2475	Was not mentioned in father’s will. Perhaps he died before 1781	STRONG, William (I1929)
2476	was not mentioned in Louis LeFlore’s will in 1833	CRAVATT, Rebecca (I6897)
2477	was not on the census for 1860	BANKS, Nancy Thompson (I548)
2478	was oldest son	ANDERSON, William Walter “Will” (I2897)
2479	Was Pastor of Senatobia, MS, USA. Baptist Church.	RAY, Rev. Leon T. (I886)
2480	Was pastor of the Mt. Carmel ARP Church in Cayce, MS, USA, Ebenezer ARP in Tippah County, MS, USA, and the ARP Church in Covington, TN, USA. Established the ARP church in Covington, TN, USA, January, 1903	BAIRD, Rev. James Warden (I100)
2481	was single in 1930 census; married in 1942 passenger list	Family F731
2482	was single when he registered for the draft 1930 census has age at marriage 23 and 22	Family F213
2483	was the 3rd son	BRICE, Robert H. (I4576)
2484	was the eldest son	McCAW, John (I6242)
2485	Was the youngest of 5 sons	LOWREY, Mark Perrin Sr. (I392)
2486	Was unmarried in 1800 when father’s will was probated	BOYD, Mary (I62)
2487	was visiting from Arkansas, in the 72nd year of her age	McQUISTON, Jane (I2398)
2488	Was “Very Deaf”	McQUISTON, Holmes Calvin (I90)
2489	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	BLANKENSHIP, Laura (I1680)
2490	Washington Oneal McKeown was the son of Nancy Susannah Wilson and Hugh Seed McKeown, Sr. He was married to his cousin Esther James McKeown. They had nine children: Hugh James McKeown, Theodore Thompson McKeown, Addison Bingham McKeown, Mary Sue McKeown, Nancy A. E. McKeown, Martha Jane McKeown Boyd, Nancy Ann Elizabeth McKeown Simpson, Samuel Christopher McKeown and an infant daughter who was unnamed. The McKeown Family Cemetery is located one mile north of Cornwell, S. C. in McKeown, S. C. Take Highway 321 until you find Love Road. The cemetery is located on a dirt road off of Love Road. The cemetery can be seen from Highway 321.	McKEOWN, Washington O’Neal (I3952)
2491	Washington Post, The (DC) - January 27, 1981 Deceased Name: Gen. W. S. Biddle Dies, Decorated Combat Officer Retired Army Maj. Gen. William Shepard Biddle, 80, a staff officer and decorated combat veteran of World War II who has been a resident of Northern Virginia since 1956, died Saturday at the Woodbine nursing home in Alexandria. He had arteriosclerosis and Alzheimer's disease. During World War II, Gen. Biddle served in Great Britain and North Africa and later commanded the 113th Mechanized Cavalry Group when it landed in Normandy in June 1944. The unit later was attached to the Ninth Army and made contact with the Red Army near the Elbe River in April 1945. In 1947, Gen Biddle was assigned to Washington and became deputy chief of the plans ant policy group of the Army General Staff. His other post-war duty included assignments in Europe, Japan, and Korea, and as deputy commanding general of the Fifth Army. After retiring from active duty in 1960, he returned to Washington and joined Washington Consultants. In 1962, he began a four-year stint as commandant of cadets at the Pennsylvania Military College in Chester, Pa. He had lived in Alexandria since 1966 and was head riding instructor at the Rock Creek Stables in Washington from 1969 to 1972. He also was a member of the board of the Washington International Horse Show. Gen. Biddle was awarded 39 military decorations included two Distinguished Service Medals, the Silver Star Medal, the Legion of Merit, and the Bronze Star Medal. Gen. Biddle was born at Fort Wayne, Michigan while his father was stationed there. He was a 1923 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He served in the Panama Canal Zone and as an assistant military attache in London and Paris before World War II. His wife was the daughter of General John Walton Lang. Survivors include his wife, the former Madelin Lang of Alexandria; three daughters, Susan Dayton Biddle of Vail, Colo., Harmon Biddle of Washington, and Christina Biddle Maher of Denver; a sister, Margaret B. Parker of Portland, Ore., and one grandchild.	LANG, Madeline (I1288)
2492	Wayne L. Smith Sr. Collierville, TN Wayne L. Smith, Sr., 78, of Collierville, passed away into the presence of his Lord on Friday, July 22, 2016. He was preceded in death by his parents, A.T. and Gunetta Smith. Mr. Smith is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Norma Babb Smith, three children, Carol Smith Morgan and her husband Ben Morgan, Delaine Smith and Wayne L. Smith, Jr. and his wife Ali Novak Smith, six grandchildren, Daniel Morgan and his wife Laura Morgan, Lindsey Hewes and her husband Nate Hewes, Adam Morgan, Spencer Smith, Juliana Smith and Stephen Smith, two great-grandchildren, Jackson Hewes and James Morgan, a sister, Carolyn Parrish and her husband Ted Parrish and many nieces and nephews. Mr. Smith was a member of Bethel, Highland Heights and Faith Cumberland Presbyterian Churches before joining First Evangelical Church where he was a member for the last 35 years. In 1983, he founded Smith-Doyle Contractors, Inc. and was president until he retired in 2014. He had been employed by S & W Construction Company, Inc. for over 20 years rising to the position of President. His education includes a Bachelor and Masters of Science from The University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Mr. Smith formerly served on the Board of Directors of the West Tennessee Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, Memphis Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the Ministry to Men Foundation, Inc. Mr. Smith was also a managing director in partnering with Spirit Architecture Group L.L.C. to create the innovative design build firm SouthBuild TEAM L.L.C. The family cordially invites friends and relatives to gather and share remembrances of Mr. Smith from eleven o'clock in the morning to one o'clock in the afternoon on Tuesday the 26th of July at First Evangelical Church, 735 Ridge Lake Blvd in Memphis. Immediately following, the funeral will be conducted by Doctor Cole Huffman. The Rite of Committal is to follow privately at Bethel Cemetery in Atoka. In lieu of flowers, the family requests charitable donations to First Evangelical Church, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , or The Muscular Dystrophy Association . Funeral Home Memphis Funeral Home 5599 Poplar Ave Memphis, TN 38119 (901) 725-0100 Published in The Commercial Appeal on July 26, 2016	SMITH, Wayne Lonzel (I533)
2493	WEAVER, Zebulon, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Weaverville, Buncombe County, N.C., May 12, 1872; attended the public schools and was graduated from Weaver College at Weaverville in 1889; studied law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; was admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice in Asheville, N.C.; member of the State house of representatives 1907-1909; served in the State senate 1913-1915; presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Sixty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1917, to March 1, 1919, when he was succeeded by James J. Britt, who contested his election; elected to the Sixty-sixth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1929); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress; elected to the Seventy-second and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946; resumed the practice of law in Asheville, N.C., until his death there October 29, 1948; interment in Riverside Cemetery.	WEAVER, Zebulon (I4774)
2494	Wed, Dec 20, 1944, obituary Troy Woman Passes Away, Services Held Today for Mrs. Katie Lancaster, TROY- Mrs. Katie McRee Lancaster, 75, died Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Vaden Wells, near Troy after several weeks illness. Mrs. Lancaster was born and reared in the Troy community and spent her entire life there. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Wells and Mrs. D.Y. Dunbar of near Troy, on granddaughter, Mrs. Noel Snyder of Troy; two sisters, Mrs. Mollie Cook of Troy and Mrs. Munn of Memphis; and one brother, G.B. McRee of Troy. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of her sister, Mrs. Cook in Troy. Rev. L.R. Niell, Rev. Weaver, and Rev. R.E. White officiated. Active pallbearers were W.E. Morris, Lee Brown, John Cude, John Buchanan, J.C. King and John Dunbar. Honorary pallbearers were E.A. McAdoo, Birt Bumpas, Ed Wells, Hall Crittendon, Stanley Roberts, and Albert Green. Burial was in Troy cemetery. White-Mahon was in charge of arrangements.	McREE, Katie Simmons (I4615)
2495	Wednesday morning	FLEMING, Dr. James Johnson (I3276)
2496	Welcome Home Atoka indicates that Jane Banks married Hugh Thompson, yet the death certificate of William Hodge Thompson lists his parents are Hugh Thompson and Jane Bonner. Also William Bonner, buried at Salem, had a daughter living in the Salem Community married to a Mr. Thompson (ARP Death and Marriage Notices, Vol 1. p17. This leads me to believe that either Hugh Thompson married both Jane Banks and Jane Bonner or Welcome Home Atoka is incorrect.	BANKS, Jane (I2143)
2497	Went to Arkansas and was never heard from. Presumed drowned while crossing Mississippi River	LAND, James M. “Jim” (I272)
2498	West Mill, NC, USA	DOWNS, Callie D. (I5872)
2499	When Rosa Lee Puryear's mother passed away, she and her brother Oscar B. Puryear (later married to Minnie F. Hinkle) and sister Gertie Puryear (later married to Clint Simpson) went to live with different family members. Rosa Lee Puryear was taken in by her aunt Joannah H. (Parkinson) and William Julius McQuiston in the Salem community. She lived with them until she married James Everett McQuiston in 1904, roughly ten years. When they married, they did so in the home of William Julius McQuiston. At that time, Rosa Lee's aunt Joannah had passed away in 1903. Rosa's sister, Gertie came to live with her and James Everett McQuiston once they were married.	PURYEAR, Rosa Lee (I5975)
2500	While serving in Company G, 51st Tennessee Infantry, CSA	SIMONTON, Pressley (I3003)