William TRAVIS Milstead was likely named after his mother's brother, Travis Alexander Warden, while his uncle was probably named after his mother's brother, Travis Ashy (son of Halifax Ashby, Sr.).
My brother Rodney's middle name is also Travis, after Papa. Papa's grandson, Gary Travis Milstead, is another namesake example. There are others.
On 6 January 1901, Papa married Fannie Mattie Sullivan, daughter of John Henry "Gramp" Sullivan and Mildred "Milda" Caledonia Faulkner, in Lincoln Co., TN.
Papa was a blacksmith for a while (notice the picture with the horses...). He also farmed and later worked at Merrimack Mill in Huntsville; he, Mama, and a few kids lived there...Dimple was born there, in fact.
It is said Papa had a heart attack once he was told his son Billy had been killed in the war; he died only a few weeks after his son.
Incidentally, quite a number of his relatives are buried at Riverview.
As you enter the cemetery and drive to the right (see the cemetery photo below), the Milstead family plots are immediately on your left. EASY to find.
— Bio by James "Jimmy" E. Zielinski, Great-Grandson
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"SHELBYVILLE GAZETTE," 28 JUNE 1945
William TRAVIS Milstead was likely named after his mother's brother, Travis Alexander Warden, while his uncle was probably named after his mother's brother, Travis Ashy (son of Halifax Ashby, Sr.).
My brother Rodney's middle name is also Travis, after Papa. Papa's grandson, Gary Travis Milstead, is another namesake example. There are others.
On 6 January 1901, Papa married Fannie Mattie Sullivan, daughter of John Henry "Gramp" Sullivan and Mildred "Milda" Caledonia Faulkner, in Lincoln Co., TN.
Papa was a blacksmith for a while (notice the picture with the horses...). He also farmed and later worked at Merrimack Mill in Huntsville; he, Mama, and a few kids lived there...Dimple was born there, in fact.
It is said Papa had a heart attack once he was told his son Billy had been killed in the war; he died only a few weeks after his son.
Incidentally, quite a number of his relatives are buried at Riverview.
As you enter the cemetery and drive to the right (see the cemetery photo below), the Milstead family plots are immediately on your left. EASY to find.
— Bio by James "Jimmy" E. Zielinski, Great-Grandson
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"SHELBYVILLE GAZETTE," 28 JUNE 1945
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Gone but not forgotten
Family Members
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Callie Jane "Granny Um" Milstead Mills
1902–1988
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Viola Mattie "Aunt Vi" Milstead Pettit
1904–1979
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Johnnie Mae Milstead
1906–1908
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William Lawson "Stead" Milstead
1908–1966
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Claude Lee "Crook" Milstead
1910–1992
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Sgt Clyde Alden "Cotton" Milstead
1913–1996
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Mary Florence "Feekie" Milstead Rollins
1915–1983
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Nannie Louise Holland Milstead Patterson
1917–2007
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Jessie D. Milstead
1919–1919
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Bessie Ruth "Pug" Milstead Forrester
1919–2004
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PFC William "R.B./Billy" Milstead
1921–1945
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Marjorie Kathleen "Margie" Milstead
1922–1922
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Dorothy Dimple "Dee" Milstead Brooks
1924–1954
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