Fortunately, some old newspapers and pictures were found in chest drawers or stuffed in boces which I discovered after mother's death, some of which she had kept from her mother's possessions. There was nothing about Judge Charles Walker (Hattie's mother's family). I had really hoped to find information about him and his wife and not much about Eb Teague either - only a few letters.
Regarding the spelling of Sharp or Sharpe, mother said when she was growing up, her family spelled it SHARP, but when she was in high school, she thought adding the E gave it a little flair, so she changed it. (She'd also given herself the middle name of DELAINE about this time). Later, after she went to work, she thought it was pretentious and dropped the E. I know Brad and his family do not use the E.
I'm sorry to say I know very little about the Teague side of the family, and I'm not sure why. Anyway, i'm enclosing pictures and notes from the back of pictures that indicate time, places, and names. I'm hoping the information you've offered to send me will enlighten me a lot about both the Sharp's and Teagues.
I do remember Hattie (my grandmother) talking about her mother who was named Mary Tennessee; it seems each of those four girls in Judge Charles Walker's family had a middle name of a Southern state. I found that fascinating as a little girl. She also mentioned that each spring and fall, he would take the girls on a riverboat trip down the Mississippi River to Memphis to buy their spring and fall wardrobes.
Apparently, after Mary's husband Eb died, she married a Mr. Richardson and moved to Tennessee. I want to research this more (or, hopefully you have it) as I do have dim memories of meeting some fo the Tennessee relatives.
Elijah (1855 - 1927) and Mary Teague (1863 - 1951) are buried at New Hope, but I don't know who they are or their relationship to Eb and the Mary who was born in 1860 and died in 1949 per Hattie's notation on the back of the pictures. Maybe Elijah was Eb's brother. Of course, Eb and Mary's children were Clarence, Walter, and Hattie.
Some aging, crumbling letters need to be deciphered and/or restored. When that happens, I'll send you copies.
Hope you enjoy these pages and can use them in your quest for connecting with our ancestors.
Submitted by Gerry Roby Wardlaw,
Daughter of Inez Sharp Roby
September 2006
Hi, there is a meme going around in the genea-blogworld and you've been tagged. If you would like to participate, tell us 5 things about yourself that we probably don't already know and then tag 5 more bloggers. Randy Seaver is keeping a list of who has been tagged and responded at http://randysmusings.blogspot.com/2007/01/theyve-been-tagged.html
ReplyDeleteFor what it's worth 5 years later, I can tell you who Elijah and Mary Teague are. They are my paternal Grandmother's Grandparents, and Elijah Swarengood Teague is the brother of Ebenezer. Their parents were Mahalia (Mahala) Richardson (Richeson) and Elijah Teague Sr. She died in childbirth (or shortly there after) with Elijah Jr, because her date of death and his birthdate match.
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