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Tennessee Ellen "Tenny" "Tina" Edmonds-Avery-Hartley was the daughter of Newton J Edmonds (1818–1865) and Unity Harriet Ryan-Edmonds (1823–1910).
On 24 Dec 1875 • Webster, Missouri, Tennessee Edmonds married Louis Cass Avery.
Their children:
John T. Avery 1880–1881
Virgil "Vergie" Avery 1882–1883
Fred Avery 1884–1919
Roxie Evelyn Avery 1887–1973
Wanda Avery 1890–1897
Winnie May Avery 1894–1945
On 5 Dec 1900 • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Tennessee Ellen Edmonds-Avery married William Hartley (1848–1916).
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Ellen's mother, Unity Harriet Ryan, married Newton J Edmonds in 1839 in Rhea, Tennessee. During the Civil War, Union soldiers took possession of their farm. During the fight to protect their property, Newton J Edmonds was killed. Harriet was left with the children to raise alone. She packed up and moved to Missouri with the children, hoping for a safer place for her and her children. She was always afraid that the Union soldiers would find her and the children. Her daughter, Tennessee Ellen, would tell the story that when President Lincoln was shot, the rider ran through the streets of Missouri yelling out that the President had been shot. Harriet immediately thought it was a rider yelling that the Union soldiers were coming. She made all the children hide under the bed. Tennessee Ellen grew up knowing that hiding under the bed was a safe place. Tennessee Ellen employed this same technique when she feared the gypsies in town, telling her grandchildren, Chonita and Bobby Gene (Robert Hall Jr), to hide under the bed.
This story was told by Chonita Hall Ross Jobe to Donna Hall Minks as she recalled part of her life June 2007:
"When I was a little girl, I remember that gypsies traveled the countryside in covered wagons. They would go into businesses and take whatever they wanted because people were afraid of them. They came into Grandma's (Tennessee Ellen Avery) restaurant on Hwy 81. If she had pies baked, they took them. If a roast was cooking, they took pot and all. Grandma was friends with the sheriff but he tried not to "stir the pot" with the gypsies. He would come and warn her that they were in town. Grandma would tell Bobby (Robert Hall Jr) and me to get under the bed and hide. Grandma would hide the silverware. They would come, eat whatever they wanted and leave. Story has it that they would take kids if they wanted to sell along the way. We always hid to keep from being taken. I grew up knowing that a safe place was under grandma's bed".
Tennessee Ellen "Tenny" "Tina" Edmonds-Avery-Hartley was the daughter of Newton J Edmonds (1818–1865) and Unity Harriet Ryan-Edmonds (1823–1910).
On 24 Dec 1875 • Webster, Missouri, Tennessee Edmonds married Louis Cass Avery.
Their children:
John T. Avery 1880–1881
Virgil "Vergie" Avery 1882–1883
Fred Avery 1884–1919
Roxie Evelyn Avery 1887–1973
Wanda Avery 1890–1897
Winnie May Avery 1894–1945
On 5 Dec 1900 • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Tennessee Ellen Edmonds-Avery married William Hartley (1848–1916).
Please add to bio:
Ellen's mother, Unity Harriet Ryan, married Newton J Edmonds in 1839 in Rhea, Tennessee. During the Civil War, Union soldiers took possession of their farm. During the fight to protect their property, Newton J Edmonds was killed. Harriet was left with the children to raise alone. She packed up and moved to Missouri with the children, hoping for a safer place for her and her children. She was always afraid that the Union soldiers would find her and the children. Her daughter, Tennessee Ellen, would tell the story that when President Lincoln was shot, the rider ran through the streets of Missouri yelling out that the President had been shot. Harriet immediately thought it was a rider yelling that the Union soldiers were coming. She made all the children hide under the bed. Tennessee Ellen grew up knowing that hiding under the bed was a safe place. Tennessee Ellen employed this same technique when she feared the gypsies in town, telling her grandchildren, Chonita and Bobby Gene (Robert Hall Jr), to hide under the bed.
This story was told by Chonita Hall Ross Jobe to Donna Hall Minks as she recalled part of her life June 2007:
"When I was a little girl, I remember that gypsies traveled the countryside in covered wagons. They would go into businesses and take whatever they wanted because people were afraid of them. They came into Grandma's (Tennessee Ellen Avery) restaurant on Hwy 81. If she had pies baked, they took them. If a roast was cooking, they took pot and all. Grandma was friends with the sheriff but he tried not to "stir the pot" with the gypsies. He would come and warn her that they were in town. Grandma would tell Bobby (Robert Hall Jr) and me to get under the bed and hide. Grandma would hide the silverware. They would come, eat whatever they wanted and leave. Story has it that they would take kids if they wanted to sell along the way. We always hid to keep from being taken. I grew up knowing that a safe place was under grandma's bed".
Volunteer has been to this location it is unmarked grave.
Tennessee Ellen "Tenny" "Tina" Edmonds-Avery-Hartley was the daughter of Newton J Edmonds (1818–1865) and Unity Harriet Ryan-Edmonds (1823–1910).
On 24 Dec 1875 • Webster, Missouri, Tennessee Edmonds married Louis Cass Avery.
Their children:
John T. Avery 1880–1881
Virgil "Vergie" Avery 1882–1883
Fred Avery 1884–1919
Roxie Evelyn Avery 1887–1973
Wanda Avery 1890–1897
Winnie May Avery 1894–1945
On 5 Dec 1900 • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Tennessee Ellen Edmonds-Avery married William Hartley (1848–1916).
Please add to bio:
Ellen's mother, Unity Harriet Ryan, married Newton J Edmonds in 1839 in Rhea, Tennessee. During the Civil War, Union soldiers took possession of their farm. During the fight to protect their property, Newton J Edmonds was killed. Harriet was left with the children to raise alone. She packed up and moved to Missouri with the children, hoping for a safer place for her and her children. She was always afraid that the Union soldiers would find her and the children. Her daughter, Tennessee Ellen, would tell the story that when President Lincoln was shot, the rider ran through the streets of Missouri yelling out that the President had been shot. Harriet immediately thought it was a rider yelling that the Union soldiers were coming. She made all the children hide under the bed. Tennessee Ellen grew up knowing that hiding under the bed was a safe place. Tennessee Ellen employed this same technique when she feared the gypsies in town, telling her grandchildren, Chonita and Bobby Gene (Robert Hall Jr), to hide under the bed.
This story was told by Chonita Hall Ross Jobe to Donna Hall Minks as she recalled part of her life June 2007:
"When I was a little girl, I remember that gypsies traveled the countryside in covered wagons. They would go into businesses and take whatever they wanted because people were afraid of them. They came into Grandma's (Tennessee Ellen Avery) restaurant on Hwy 81. If she had pies baked, they took them. If a roast was cooking, they took pot and all. Grandma was friends with the sheriff but he tried not to "stir the pot" with the gypsies. He would come and warn her that they were in town. Grandma would tell Bobby (Robert Hall Jr) and me to get under the bed and hide. Grandma would hide the silverware. They would come, eat whatever they wanted and leave. Story has it that they would take kids if they wanted to sell along the way. We always hid to keep from being taken. I grew up knowing that a safe place was under grandma's bed".
Tennessee Ellen "Tenny" "Tina" Edmonds-Avery-Hartley was the daughter of Newton J Edmonds (1818–1865) and Unity Harriet Ryan-Edmonds (1823–1910).
On 24 Dec 1875 • Webster, Missouri, Tennessee Edmonds married Louis Cass Avery.
Their children:
John T. Avery 1880–1881
Virgil "Vergie" Avery 1882–1883
Fred Avery 1884–1919
Roxie Evelyn Avery 1887–1973
Wanda Avery 1890–1897
Winnie May Avery 1894–1945
On 5 Dec 1900 • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Tennessee Ellen Edmonds-Avery married William Hartley (1848–1916).
Please add to bio:
Ellen's mother, Unity Harriet Ryan, married Newton J Edmonds in 1839 in Rhea, Tennessee. During the Civil War, Union soldiers took possession of their farm. During the fight to protect their property, Newton J Edmonds was killed. Harriet was left with the children to raise alone. She packed up and moved to Missouri with the children, hoping for a safer place for her and her children. She was always afraid that the Union soldiers would find her and the children. Her daughter, Tennessee Ellen, would tell the story that when President Lincoln was shot, the rider ran through the streets of Missouri yelling out that the President had been shot. Harriet immediately thought it was a rider yelling that the Union soldiers were coming. She made all the children hide under the bed. Tennessee Ellen grew up knowing that hiding under the bed was a safe place. Tennessee Ellen employed this same technique when she feared the gypsies in town, telling her grandchildren, Chonita and Bobby Gene (Robert Hall Jr), to hide under the bed.
This story was told by Chonita Hall Ross Jobe to Donna Hall Minks as she recalled part of her life June 2007:
"When I was a little girl, I remember that gypsies traveled the countryside in covered wagons. They would go into businesses and take whatever they wanted because people were afraid of them. They came into Grandma's (Tennessee Ellen Avery) restaurant on Hwy 81. If she had pies baked, they took them. If a roast was cooking, they took pot and all. Grandma was friends with the sheriff but he tried not to "stir the pot" with the gypsies. He would come and warn her that they were in town. Grandma would tell Bobby (Robert Hall Jr) and me to get under the bed and hide. Grandma would hide the silverware. They would come, eat whatever they wanted and leave. Story has it that they would take kids if they wanted to sell along the way. We always hid to keep from being taken. I grew up knowing that a safe place was under grandma's bed".
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