Frances married Bradon Scott Chissom [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Michael Scott Chissom was born on 16 Dec 1966 in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida; died on 4 Sep 1970 in Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia; was buried on 6 Sep 1970 in East Side Cemetery, Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia.
2. Russell Allen Chissom
3. Penney Marie Chissom

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Note from the Chattanooga, Tennessee paper -
Returns to Hospital
Pvt. Wilburn R. Penney has returned to Kennedy General Hospital atMemphis after spending a 30-day furlough with his wife and daughter atSoddy. He recently returned from the European theater where he servedwith an armored division in France, Belgium and Germany.

Obituary for Wilburn Russell Penney
From: The Tuscaloosa News, September 25, 2000

Wilburn Russell Penney

TUSCALOOSA -- Wilburn Russell Penney, 84, 1745 Jack Warner Parkway,died September 24, 2000 at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will beat Sunset Chapel on Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Vial Fountenot officiating.Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park. Visitation will be one hourprior to services. Sunset Funeral Home is directing
Survivors include his wife, Rachel Penney; daughter Arlene Chissom(Brad); two grandchildren, Russ Chissom (Kristy) and Penney Chissom(Chris) Davis.
Mr. Penney was born in Tennessee. He served in the Battle of theBulge in WWII in U. S. Army. He moved to St. Petersburg, Florida in 1952and came to Tuscaloosa in 1996.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to theInternational Department, First Baptist Church, or charity of your choice.

Obituary for Wilburn Russell Penney
From: Chattanooga Times and Free Press, September 26, 2000
TUSCALOOSA -- Wilburn Russell Penney died Sunday, September 24, 2000,in an area hospital. He was 84. Mr. Penney served in the U. S. Army,World War II in the Battle of the Bulge. Survivors include his wife,Rachel Penney; and a daughter, Arlene Chissom; and two grandchildren.The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Sunset Funeral Home, in Northport,Alabama, with Vial Fontenot officiating. Burial will be one hour priorto the service at the funeral home. Burial will be in Sunset MemorialPark.

Wilburn married Rachel Elizabeth Jenkins on 1 Jul 1938 in Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia. Rachel (daughter of Emanuel Alexander Jenkins and Wilkie May Henry) was born on 25 Jun 1919 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 21 Nov 2011 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama; was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary for Thomas Mathias Penney
From: The Chattanooga Times(pg 3)
Saturday, March 14, 1925

Thomas Penney, aged 74, died at his home here after an illness of a fewdays. The funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock inthe Methodist Episcopal Church, conducted by the Reverend Carl Nichols,pastor of Soddy Church, and the Reverend J. L. Chaney of Chattanooga.Interment took place in the family burying ground near Soddy. He issurvived by his widow and eleven children and several brothers andsisters.

Thomas married Sophronia G. Kearns on 29 Jan 1903. Sophronia was born on 25 Sep 1885 in Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 28 Sep 1972 in Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 30 Sep 1972 in East Soddy Community Church Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary for Sophronia (Kearns, Penney) James

Mrs. Sophronia Penney James 89, Soddy Tennessee, died Thursday at theresidence. She was a member of Soddy First Baptist Church. Survivingare three sons, Jess E. Penney, Soddy; James R. Penney, Chesterfield,South Carolina; Wilburn Penney, St. Petersburg, Florida; one daughter,Mrs. Blanche Abernathy, Soddy, with whom she resided; 10 grandchildren;several great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2:30 Saturdayfrom the Soddy First Baptist Church, conducted by the Reverend J. C.Noland and the Reverend J. v. Angel. Interment will follow in the EastSoddy Church of God Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be grandsons. Thebody will remain at the funeral home. Arrangements by Williamson andSon, Highway, 27, Soddy-Daisy.

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1910 Census
E. A. Jenkins living as a boarder with J. E. Dyke, occupation telegraph operator, single

DEATH: Obituary Name JENKINS, EMANUEL. Date FEB. 9 1938 Newspaper TIMES

Emanuel married Wilkie May Henry on 15 Aug 1916 in Dayton, Rhea County, Tennessee. Wilkie (daughter of Ezekiel Henry and Rachel Eldridge) was born on 2 May 1884 in Friendship, James County, Tennessee; died on 29 Aug 1962 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 31 Aug 1962 in Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary for Mrs. Wilkie (Henry) Jenkins
August 30, 1962

Mrs. Wilkie Henry Jenkins, 79, of Soddy, Tennessee, died in aChattanooga hospital early Wednesday morning. She was the daughter ofthe late Ezekiel and Rachel Henry, pioneer settlers of old James County.She had been a resident of Soddy for the past 50 years and was the widowof Emanuel A. Jenkins. She was a member of the Oak Street Baptist Churchand Ladies Bible Class for many years.
Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Mary Roberts, Soddy and Mrs.Wilburn Penney, St. Petersburg,
Florida; a brother, Talmadge Henry, Graysville, Tennessee; andgranddaughters Joyce, Judy and Joan Roberts, all of Soddy, and ArlenePenney, Decatur, Georgia.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. from the Oak StreetBaptist Church conducted by the Reverends Jim Posner and William Sisk.Interment in Varner Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Jimmy Card,Henry Haile, Jim Settles, Benney Clements, William Robert Woosnam,Charlie Naramore. Honorary pallbearers will be the Ladies Bible Class ofthe Oak Street Baptist Church. The body will remain at the funeralhome. Arrangements by Williamson-Garrison Funeral Home, Soddy.

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George W. Penney enlisted in the Union Army 2/25/1862 at HamiltonCounty, TN in Company C 5th Infantry Regiment, Tennessee VolunteersDischarged at Nashville, TN 4/14/1865, as a corporal

He is buried on the Thomas M. Penney & Malinda Gann home place onHixon Pike and Igou Ferry Road, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. Eightmore souls of this family are buried here.

George married Polina Jane Martin on 18 Aug 1850 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. Polina was born on 20 Dec 1830 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 20 Jan 1922 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 21 Jan 1922 in Penney Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary for PolinaJane Martin Penney
From: TheChattanooga Times (pg-3)
Sunday,January 22, 1922

Soddy, Tennessee, January 21 - Funeral services over the body of Mrs.Pliney Jane Penney, who died at the advanced age of 91 years Fridaymorning, were held this morning on the lawn of the old home place, aboutseven miles from Soddy. Interment took place in the family cemetery.The services were conducted by the Reverend J. M. Hampton, Methodistminister. The deceased is survived by five sons, Sam, Thomas, John,George, and Joseph, and three daughters, Mrs. W. R. Mysinger, at whosehome the deceased died, and Mrs. Robert Roberts, both of Soddy, and Mrs.H. Carden of Daisy, Tennessee. Several grandchildren andgreat-grandchildren survive.

DEATH: died at the home of Isabell & William Mysinger

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MILITARY: enlisted 20 April 1864 at Maryville, Tennessee
Company L, 3rd Tennessee Union Calvary
captured at Sulpher Trestle, Alabama on 25 Sept 1864
sent with 300 members of the 3rd to the Confederate prison, Castle Morgan, in Cahaba, Alabama
boarded the Sultana on 26 April 1865; the Sultana's boilers exploded at 1.00 a.m. on 27 April 1865
survived the disaster, but sustained a hernia
discharged 10 June 1865

MILITARY: Name: Samuel W. Jenkins
Company: L
Unit: 3 Tennessee Cavalry.
Rank - Discharge: Corporal
Allegiance: Union
Source Citation: Box: 392;Extraction: 8; Record: 327

BIOGRAPHY: On 18 Dec 1874, J. A. Thompson and wife N. A. Thompson sold Daniel E. Evans 100 acres of land on "Flat Branch" for $125. Witnessed by Samuel W. Jenkins. (Swain Co, NC Deed Book 1 page 307)

DEATH: Obituary Name JENKINS, SAMUEL W. (DR.) Date JAN. 20 1933 Newspaper TIMES
Dr S. W. Jenkins Dies At Bakewell
Union Veteran Fought With Tennessee Regiment
Was Medical Examiner
Dr Samuel W. Jenkins, 84, died at his home in Bakewell yesterday morning after a long illness.
Dr Jenkins was born March 19, 1848 and was a Union veteran of the War Between the States , being a member of Company L, Third Tennesse regiment. He served for more than three years and was one of the 2,120 soldiers on the boat Sultan when it was destroyed during the war on the Mississippi river.
Dr Jenkins was captured at Sulphur Trussel, Ala., and was in prison for six months at Andersonville. He helped to build the pontoon bridge across the Tennessee river here during the war and was also in the Battle of Orchard Knob. He was a practicing physician for more than sixty years and was pension examiner for the Southern railroad under Dr George Baxter and Dr W. A. Applegate of Chattanooga.
Dr Jenkins had lived in the section of Soddy and Bakewell for more than fifty years and was a charter member of the Masonic lodge of Soddy.
Dr Jenkins is survived by seven sons, E. A., S. W. Jr. And William, all of Soddy; Arthur of Emory Gap, Tenn. and John, Eddie and Theodore Jenkins of Bakewell; nine daughters, Mrs T. J. Welch, Red Bank; Mrs Elizabeth Woods, Toledo, Ohio; Miss Grace Jenkins, Chattanooga; Mrs Harry Sanders, Chattanooga; Mrs Walter Constigan, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs Jessie Ledford and Misses Glenna and Sallie Maude Jenkins, all of Bakewell; and Mrs Crystal Minnis of North Carolina; also a large number of grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Congregational church at Soddy, with the Reverend A. L. DeJarnette in charge, assisted by Reverend W. O. Peeples. Interment with be in Varner cemetery, with Hallett's in charge. The Masonic order will have charge of the services at the grave.

Samuel married Elizabeth Jane Rose on 6 May 1866 in Macon County, North Carolina. Elizabeth (daughter of Enoch Rose and Mary Crisp) was born on 24 Jan 1846 in North Carolina; died on 6 Dec 1899 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Hotwater Cemetery, Mowbray Mountain, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CENSUS: 1850 US Federal Census
Name: Eliza Rose Age: 4 Estimated birth year: abt 1846 Birth place: North Carolina Gender: Female Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Subdivision 33, Gilmer, Georgia Page: 411 Roll: M432_70

CENSUS: 1860 US Federal Census
Name: Eliza Rose Age in 1860: 14 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1860: Georgia Militia District 980, Fannin, Georgia Gender: Female Post Office: Chestnut Gap Roll: M653_120 Page: 1025 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Enoch Rose

CENSUS: 1870 US Federal Census
Name: Jane Rose Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846 Age in 1870: 24 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1870: Militia District 844, Fannin, Georgia Race: White Gender: Female Post Office: Morganton Roll: M593_148 Page: 373 Image: 751 Year: 1870

CENSUS: 1880 US Federal Census
Name: Eliza J. JENKINS Age: 34 Estimated birth year: <1846> Birthplace: North Carolina Occupation: Keeping House Relationship to head-of-household: Wife Home in 1880: District 10, Polk, Tennessee Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Spouse's name: Samuel W. JENKINS Father's birthplace: NC Mother's birthplace: NC Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: District 10, Polk, Tennessee; Roll: T9_1275; Family History Film: 1255275; Page: 64A; Enumeration District: 98; Image: .

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Groom: S W Jenkins Bride: Eliza Rose Bond Date: 21 Apr 1860 Bond #: 000077447 Marriage Date: XX XXX XXXX Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868ImageNum: 006904 County: Macon Record #: 01 006 Witness: R. C. Slagle (C Performed By: A. B. Welch, Justice of the Peace

Ezekiel married Rachel Eldridge in 1881. Rachel (daughter of William Blair Eldridge and Caldonia Shull) was born on 23 Jul 1866 in Friendship, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 6 Nov 1930 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Bald Hill Cemetery, Birchwood, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]