Thriller Thursday - A tease...

  While doing some Tapley research, I came across this in the Chattanooga, Tennessee newspaper:

Newspapers.com, The Chattanooga News, Chattanooga, Tennessee,
Friday, May 17, 1907, Page 2

Sounds intriguing, right?  Just the sort of thing I would want to know more about, right?  So many questions...

    -    What is the "Unwritten Law"?

    

    -    Am I related to this Lon Tapley, a policeman??

    -    What happened to his wife???

  Research time!  And boy did I do a lot of research, and I found answers to these questions and more.  HOWEVER, I ran out of time to prepare a full debriefing today.  So I give you this teaser, and I will provide the answers in next week's Thriller Thursday blog!

Wedding Wednesday

Norma Jean Gardner

1936-2023 

and

Benjamin Anding Russell

1935-1995

Married June 25, 1954

Gallman, Copiah, Mississippi, USA 

Russell-Gardner Vows Exchanged In Gallman

HAZLEHURST, July 17 — Miss Norma Jean Gardner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnie Franklin Gardner, of Gallman, became the bride of Benjamin Anding Russell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Laron Rusell of Hazlehurst, on Friday evening June 25 at 7:30 o'clock. The Rev. Roy Remont, pastor, officiated at the double-ring ceremony.

The Gallman Baptist church, the scene of the wedding, was beautifully decorated with Southern smilax and woodwardia ferns forming a background for baskets of exquisite white gladioli. Tall lighted white tapers in cathedral candelbra, cast a soft glow and completed the setting.

Preceding the ceremony, a program of nuptial music was played by Mrs. Charles A. Stevens. The traditional wedding marches were used.

The bride's only attendant, Mrs. Billy Ray Whittington, wore an original model of blue linen. Her accessories were white and her corsage was of white carnations.

Mr. Russell was attended by his brother, Roy Laron Russell Jr.

The bride was lovely in her wedding dress of heavenly blue organza with the fittd bodice coming to a point in front at the waist line, and trimmed with tiny pearl buttons. The bouffant skirt, a mass of fine tucks forming three inch squares. She carried a white Bible, on which rested a purple orchid surrounded by velvet leaves, tuberoses and stock, from which showered a cascade of satin streamers tied in lovers knots.

For her daughter's wedding, Mrs. Gardner wore a dress of figured nylon with white accesories and white carnation corsage.

The bride-groom's mother chose a powder blue sheer and white accessories.

After a short wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Russell are now at home at Georgetown street, Hazlehurst. Among those attending the wedding were Mrs. Fred Channel, Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Wesley, Norma Sharon Wesley, Miss Mary Welch,

Under the picture:  MR. AND MRS. BENJAMIN A. RUSSELL — who were married recently in the Gallman Baptist church, are now at home in Hazelhurst. She is the former Miss Norma Jean Gardner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnie Franklin Gardner of Gallman.

- Transcription by Google Gemini

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - A Name That Runs in Your Family

 From Randy (my cousin) over at Genea-Musings:

it's Saturday Night - 

time for more Genealogy Fun!!!

Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to:

1)  We all have many names (given, middle surname, and nickname) in our ancestry, whether we know them all or not.

2)  Do you have "A Name That Runs in Your Family??"  Is there a first name - or nickname - that keeps repeating generation after generation in your tree? Share the name, the pattern, and your best guess as to why it stuck.

3) Please share!

Here's mine:

The name that was handed down and through the Tapley family for several generations was "George Washington." 

I theorize that it started out as naming a son after the first president of our new country.  However, I think as time went by, it just turned into naming children after brothers, fathers, uncles, etc.

- The first instance is when my 3rd great-grandmother, Sarah Tapley (1775-bet. 1850-1860) named one of her twins, George Washington Tapley (1814-aft. 1880). He was married to Elizabeth Hicks (1824-aft. 1880). 

- His son, James Madison 'Jim' Tapley (1847-1912), named after George Washington's twin brother, along with his wife,  Elizabeth Rebecca 'Becky' Page Tapley (1844-1924) named one of their sons, George Washington Sentell Tapley (1876-1944). 

- James M. 'Jim' Tapley had another son James L. 'Jim' Tapley (1868-1941) who was married to Maggie Vicey Powell (1878-1959) and they had a son, Gordon Wesley Tapley (1894-1959) and he and his wife, Minnie Lee Garrett (1904-1995) named a son George Washington Tapley (1937-2016). 

- The other twin, James Marion (or Madison) Tapley Sr (1814-1884) and his wife, Martha Norris (1824-1901) named one of their sons after his brother, thus another George Washington Tapley (1858-1923).

- Another child of James M and Martha, Susan Isabella 'Babe' Tapley Norris (1852-1928) and her husband, Dr. Swain Madison Norris (1850-1918) had a son, Newton Dean Norris (1878-1947), who, along with his wife, Charlsie Claxton (1881-1963) named a son George Washington Norris (1911-1991).

- Sarah Tapley's brother, James L. Tapley (1780-1855) and his wife, Mary Benson (1791-1860), had a daughter named Julia Ann Tapley (1815-1891) who, along with her husband, James Thomas Pullen (1814-1891) named a son George Washington Pullen (1857-1924). 

- Another child of James L. Tapley, Thomas A. Tapley (1826-1892), along with his wife, Pherreba Ann Jane Rountree (1829-1905) named a son George Washington Tapley (1860-1939).

- My 1st cousin, 5x removed, Jordan Tapley (1801-1877) (who shared grandparents, Joel Tapley [abt 1720-1790/91] and Mary Avent Tapley [1735-1790]with Sarah) and his wife, Rebecca Hinsey Littleton Tapley (1815-1847) named a son George Washington Tapley (1836-1864).  

- George Washington Tapley (Sr) (1836-1864) and his wife, Sarah Ann Dye (1841-1885) named their son  George Washington Tapley (Jr) (1864-1912) also.  

- George Washington (Sr) had a brother named Thomas Pinkney 'Tom' Tapley (1843-1940), who, along with his wife, Mary Palestine 'Mit' Couch (1855-1929) named a son George Washington Tapley (1871-1950).

I am sure that is all very confusing, but I calculate that there were ten (10) George Washingtons in the Tapley family.  I have many more who married into other family lines.

This naming pattern covered 123 years - from 1814 when the twins were born - to 1937 when the last George Washington Tapley that I am aware of in the Tapley family was born.  The practice seems to have died out after that.  

Friday's Faces from the Past

 

Marylene Frost

1930-2020

and

Edith Charlene Frost

1930-1970

        

Marylene and Edith Charlene Frost are the 3rd cousins 1x removed 

of Mary Elizabeth 'Liz' Tapley on the Claxton Line.

They are 4th cousins on the Swain/Tapley line.

OR...

Wedding Wednesday

Newspapers.com, The Macon  Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Friday, November 16, 1951, Page 20

 1951 wedding announcement for

Eva Henrietta Claxton
1923-2008

and

Lewis Edward Lindsey
1928-1999

There are a few things about this announcement that I particularly enjoy or find odd:

    -     You've got to love the headline:  "Kite Girl, Dublin Man Wed." Were those two never supposed to mix? Why was she the "girl" and he was the "man" when she was 5 years older than him?

    -    They used to freely print people's home address in the paper - "... the couple will live at 105 N. Church Street, Dublin."

    -    The actual date of the wedding is not included in the article at all.

Sunday's Obituary

Newspapers.com, The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, Monday, November 24, 2014, Page C3

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - How Will You, Or Did You, Celebrate America's 250th Birthday?

 From Randy (my cousin) over at Genea-Musings:

it's Saturday Night - 

time for more Genealogy Fun!!!

Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to:

1)  It is the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence today.

2)  How will you celebrate the day? Or, how did you celebrate the day?

Here's mine:

    Our plans for the day fell through... for various crazy reasons. In addition, it has been so hot here in Georgia, that it was just too miserable to go outside for cook outs or anything.  So today ended up being a typical quiet Saturday with chores.  

    However, I have been celebrating the 250th birthday/anniversary of our country in my own way for the past week.  As I mentioned in a previous post, I have been taking advantage of Fold3 opening up their Revolutionary War records for free through July 6th (this Monday).  I have been furiously searching, downloading, transcribing, and saving as many records of my ancestors as possible.  I am in awe of the records I am finding, and I am so proud of my ancestors, 3rd, 4th, and 5th great-grandfathers who fought for this country.

    Also Mom and I are going to see the movie, "Young Washington" on Tuesday afternoon.  We are really looking forward to that!