UPDATE: 1995-02-19
DIRECT LINE OF: David Pickens.
Known as 'Black Billy' because of his hair. William almost drowned in a vat
of Cherry brandy they were making at his uncle David's house c. 1870. REF
David
Pickens.
DIRECT LINE OF: David M. Pickens; Knoxville, TN;
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P. D. HOUSTON is mentioned as bookkeeper in People's Bank prior to 1906 REF
MCHQ XV.3 1984 pg 94. Also member of Co C 17th TN Vol Inf REF MCHQ XVII.1
pg 44.1832, Benjamin F. Houston on Maury Co TN Tax List (James Orr's Co).
UPDATE: 1998-02-10
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Moved to Crowell, TX.
UPDATE: 1998-02-20
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Moved to Crowell, TX.
UPDATE: 1999-02-03
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Jay Glidewell to Terry McLean; ; FTM
gedcom file, Feb 1999; ; ;
CONFLICT: gives his place of death as Arkansas.UPDATE: 1996-03-04
!PARENTS-BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE
SOUTH; ; author, Memphis TN, 1963; p. 57; copy in possession of Terry McLean,
Anaheim CA.
CONFLICT: gives date and place of death as 12 Dec 1863 in Arkansas.=============================================================================
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON REUBEN A. PICKENS, provided to Terry McLean by Elwin T.
Pickens:
"REUBEN A. PICKENS. ...is a son of William H. PICKENS, who was probably
born in Mississippi, his birth occurring August 14, 1821, and died in Attala
County, of that State, December 22, 1883. His wife ... [was] a daughter of
Reuben and Susanna (HUNTER) STANLEY ... Mr. and Mrs. PICKENS were married near
Summerville, Tenn., September 30, 1849, and in time a family of two sons and
six daughters were born to them: Martha D. (wife of R. S. WRIGHT, a machinist
and miller of Drew County), Reuben A., Lucy K., (wife of Samauel M. KELLAM a
farmer of Drew County), and William S., (a salesman at Tillar in Drew County).
The following children are deceased: Margaret J., Mary R., and twin daughters,
Sarah M. and Susan A., who died in infancy. .."
UPDATE: 1999-02-03
!BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Jay Glidewell to Terry McLean; ; FTM gedcom
file, Feb 1999; ; ;UPDATE: 1998-01-18
!MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: E. M. Sharp, PICKENS FAMILIES OF THE SOUTH; ; author,
Memphis TN, 1963; p. 57; copy in possession of Terry McLean, Anaheim CA.-------------------------------------------------------------------------
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON REUBEN A. PICKENS, provided to Terry McLean by Elwin T.
Pickens:
"REUBEN A. PICKENS ... is a son of William H. PICKENS [and his] wife, a very
estimable lady, was born in Tipton County, Tenn., but was reared in Fayette
County, being a daughter of Reuben and Susanna (HUNTER) STANLEY, both of whom
were Virginians, the former's death occurring December 22, 1851. Mr. and Mrs.
PICKENS were married near Summerville, Tenn., September 30, 1849, and in time
a family of two sons and six daughters were born to them: Martha D. (wife of R.
S. WRIGHT, a machinist and miller of Drew County), Reuben A., Lucy K., (wife
of Samauel M. KELLAM a farmer of Drew County), and William S., (a salesman at
Tillar in Drew County). The following children are deceased: Margaret J., Mary
R., and twin daughters, Sarah M. and Susan A., who died in infancy. Mrs.
PICKENS removed to Arkansas in 1869 and settled in Drew County, but is now
living with her son Reuben A., at Walnut Lake in Desha County. . ."
UPDATE: 1998-01-18
!PARENTS-RESIDENCE-OCCUPATION: Elwin Pickens to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; ; ;
; ; ; SOURCE: letter outlining biography of Rebuen Pickens - possibly taken
from an Arkansas County history? Elwin received it by correspondence; FILE:
Enc #P-308.
RESIDENCE: Drew County, AR.
OCCUPATION: salesman.
UPDATE: 1998-01-18
!PARENTS: Elwin Pickens to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; ; ; ; ; ; SOURCE: letter
outlining biography of Rebuen Pickens - possibly taken from an Arkansas County
history? Elwin received it by correspondence; FILE: Enc #P-308.
UPDATE: 1998-01-18
!PARENTS: Elwin Pickens to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; ; ; ; ; ; SOURCE: letter
outlining biography of Rebuen Pickens - possibly taken from an Arkansas County
history? Elwin received it by correspondence; FILE: Enc #P-308.
UPDATE: 1998-01-18
!PARENTS-DEATH: Elwin Pickens to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; ; ; ; ; ; SOURCE:
letter outlining biography of Rebuen Pickens - possibly taken from an Arkansas
County history? Elwin received it by correspondence; FILE: Enc #P-308.
DEATH: Twin to Susan. Both died in infancy.
UPDATE: 1998-01-18
!PARENTS-DEATH: Elwin Pickens to Terry McLean, Anaheim CA; ; ; ; ; ; SOURCE:
letter outlining biography of Rebuen Pickens - possibly taken from an Arkansas
County history? Elwin received it by correspondence; FILE: Enc #P-308.
DEATH: Twin to Sarah. Both died in infancy.
UPDATE: 1998-07-28
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UPDATE: 1998-07-28
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UPDATE: 1998-07-28
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UPDATE: 1998-01-18
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UPDATE: 1998-01-18
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ANDERSON COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA Cemetery Index:
p. 163. Minnie PICKENS, d/o A. W. & J. A. PICKENS
b. May 11, 1878 d. Mar 29, 1880
UPDATE: 1998-01-18
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ANDERSON COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA Cemetery Index:
p. 163. Minnie PICKENS, d/o A. W. & J. A. PICKENS
b. May 11, 1878 d. Mar 29, 1880
1885, 13 Sept rec'd as communicant, Bear Creek CP church, Marshall Co TN
(MCHQ I.3 pg 62)