The Family Garden
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Clement Clark MCDEARMAN
He was born the 12th of March, 1834 in Halifax County, Virginia. The son of Sterling and Lucinda (Lucy) Hurt McDearman. His parent moved to Henry County, TN in 1836 when Clem was two years old. They lived on a farm between Como and Paris, TN. His brothers and sisters were: William D. born in 1821, John Smith born in 1832, Elizabeth R born in1836, Lucinda A born in 1842, Virginia S born in 1844 and Patience Aborn in 1930.
After growing up, Clem married Mary Darby on 14 May 1854. She lived just a little while after they were married. There were no children born from this marriage. He then married Rebecca Ann Edwards on the 12th of April 1863. From this marriage there were three children born that I know of: Dudley, Susan and Effie. Dudley and Effie married (spouses names unknown). Susan never married. She lived to be in her early nineties and is buried close to Jolly Springs, TN in a church cemetery.
Clem McDearman moderated several Baptist churches in Weakley County,TN. One was in Jolly Springs in 1888. The original building is still standing, but had been added on to. Another one was in Mack's Grove. It is located on the Dresden, Palmersville Highway. Mack's Grove was first built about 2 miles from it's present location on a gravel road.This Church was established in 1894. It is still a growing congregation. The New Hope Church minutes show a church started at Bible Union on 12 Oct 1899 moderated by Brother Clem. The only church there now is a Church Of Christ. Old New Hope minutes show people as being baptized into the United Baptist Church of Christ. Sometime through the years their doctrine changed and is now called the Church of Christ. New Hope Church was where Brother Clem preached for many years. It is outside of Palmersville between Gleason and Palmersville. It is called today the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. Brother Clem pastored at New Hope three different times.From 1870-1873, 1874-1875 and again from 1881 until his death in 1921.
Clem McDearman's third wife was Mary E. Webb. There were no children born to this marriage. They were married the 25th of Apr 1878 in Henry County by John W. Bell, Minister.
Clem died the 25th of Jun 1921 at his home after a long illness. His wife Mary died 22 Mar 1940. They are both buried in the New Hope Church Cemetery. Clem was a Baptist preacher for a total of 53 years. At the time of Clem's death he lived on a 34 acre farm just outsideof Dresden, TN. Mary E. Webb was born 15 Sep, 1858 in Camdon, BentonCounty, TN.
Clem joined the Army during the Civil War in the summer of 1861. He enlisted in Paris, TN with Company G. 7th Calvary under the command of Captain Stokes. He held the rank of Private . His regiment surrendered in May, 1865 at Corinth, Mississippi. Clem was not with the regiment when they surrendered. He had been furloughed home in 1862 to care for his ailing parents. Both of his parents died in 1863 and are buried on what was then the McDearman farm between Como and Paris. Clem never returned to his regiment.
After the death of Clem McDearman, his 34 acres of hill country was sold to pay off debts. His wife was left with her bed, a trunk and $280.00 She lived off the help of the state and church members until1 928 when she applied for Clem's Civil War Pension.
Clem was known to his family and friend as "Pappy Mac". He was a highly thought of and respected person. This information came from Clem's wife's Civil War Pension application and Mae Griffith of Palmersville TN. She has done a lot of historical research on the New Hope Baptist Church. A copy of her book is in the library in Dresden,TN.
Source: Notes compiled by Laurie Jeanne Karnes Graves
The following story was written by Virene Maddox At Tennessee College in 1933:
MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER
Back in the days of little comfort and many hardships, a little logcabin nestled in the picturesque hills of Pittsylvania County,Virginia. Nature alone seemed to remember this little home, but the golden sunset passing through the foliage of the trees to make a light on earth's green carpet was perhaps a compensation for the lack of things of better days.
There amidst God's handiwork was born one of God's noblest men. This little blue-eyed baby boy was the fourteenth child of Sterling and Lucy McDearman. Lucy McDearman before her marriage was Lucy Hurt, niece of Henry Harrison, and direct descendent of Pocahontas, the famous Indian princess. The McDearman children were also cousins of James K. Polk, the eleventh president of the United States.
Clement Clark was born of truly pioneer parents. He was only two years old when they were lured by the call of the West when more and better land could be obtained. They packed their few belongings in an ox wagon and left homes, friends, and even four of the children, and started for West Tennessee. After weeks of hardships and many difficulties, they arrived and settled six miles west of Paris,Tennessee, in Henry County.
Clem, as he was called, was a strong, jolly lad. He enjoyed all kinds of sports, but was especially fond of fox hunting. He always kept good fox hounds and horses.
At the age of fifteen, he professed faith in Christ and joined the Missionary Baptist Church. This had a great influence on his life,and afterwards, changed it completely. When the Civil War broke out,he was very young. He immediately joined the Seventh Regiment,Company G., Tennessee Cavalry. But, by this time, his father and mother were old and worn by hard work. They did not have any means ofsupport and he was discharged from the army to go and take care ofthem.
At the age of twenty, he wooed and won the heart of his first wife, Miss Mary Darby, but she lived only four and a half years after their marriage. He lived a widower for four years and married Miss Rebecca Edwards. After twelve years of married life, she died leaving five children. After three years of widowhood, he was married to Miss MaryE. Webb.
When thirty-three years old, he was ordained to the full work of the ministry at Old Center Church in Henry County. He preached his first sermon in the little log church at Russell's Spring. He chose for the text of the first event toward this new life, John 3:16. He faithfully stuck to his job, and during pretty or bad weather, he rode horseback to his church.
In a few years, he moved to Weakly County. Here he lived a beautiful Christian life. He organized eight churches of the Weakly County Association, which was more than anyone had every done.
His influence was far-reaching, especially with boys and young men. He had lived the life of a normal and fun-loving boy. Their little taste and dislikes were understood by him and many times he heard the woes of a youngster whose parents would not listen to him. For why couldn't they tell him? He could appreciate their practical jokes whether they were on him or on some one else. He was a veryinteresting talker and could hold the attention of boys for hours at a time.
He was especially fond of getting jokes on his quite, precise wife. Once he and his wife stopped at a home a little after dinner time. The hostess was very much concerned and wished to fix dinner. Grandmother insisted that they were not hungry, that they had a late lunch. Then, as he told it, the late summer breeze came drifting fromthe kitchen filled with the delicious odor of good things to eat. He looked up in a mild, childish way and said to the hostess that his wife might not be hungry, but he was starved. Imagine the embarrassment of this dignified lady!
He loved children and farm life, for to him God spoke through the Little Ones and the beauty of Nature. For a holiday he would go to a County Fair or a Fourth of July Celebration. He would always go early and stay late and would try to shake the hand of everyone that he had ever met. Then he could also be seen with a dirty, little child looking at the "Old Plantation" show or watching the house racing.
He was known more by his sweet and sympathizing words at a funeral than by his preaching. He was never so busy at work that he would not stop and go for miles on horseback to conduct a funeral. He was more than a preacher; he was a good and sympathizing friend.
He was elected pastor of New Hope Church, the strongest County Church in the County. Here here served for fifty-three years. He missed very few services during all those years, these absences were caused by the weather. In the latter part of his life, he offered his resignation but as a wonderful a life as he head, must have its reward. Instead of accepting his resignation, they elected him pastorfor life. The also got a helper for the times that his health or the weather would not permit him to preach. Before his death, the Church made arrangements for him to be buried in the center of the cemetery and to have the largest stone placed in recognition for the valuable life he had spent in the church.
His health was exceedingly good. During his eight-seven years, he was never sick a day till the illness that caused his death. He planted a little crop the spring he was eight-seven. Grandmother said that whens he would insist and almost demand for him to get rid of his livestock, he would become more angry than at anything else. He really never got old. The attending physician remarked just before his death that except for an inflamed bladder, his body was as sound as a dollar.
He had lived a very influential life. People were ready to listen to him when he offered advice, for his past had been clean and noble. The Lord could truly call him "a good and faithful servant."
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Documents in my possession for Clement Clark McDearman:
30 Oct 1862 - Civil War Service
Company Muster Roll, Co. G, 7 (Duckworth's) Tennessee CavalryEnlisted: 2 Dec 1861 in Henry Co, TN
6 Nov 1864 - Civil War Service
Co. G, 7 (Duckworth's) Tennessee Cavalry
Appears on a list of deserters - See notes below for his widow's application for pension
From my father's notes:
McDearman, clement C.,, Weakly County, Pvt. G company, 4th TN Cal, 15 Nov 61 to ___1 year. Gleson Station , P.O., surrendered at Tiptonville, TN. 2 Apr 1863 - TN Marriage Licenses Record Book
Clem C. McDearman and Rebecca A. Edwards
25 Apr 1878 TN Marriage Licenses Record Book
C. C. McDearman and Mary E. Webb
24 June 1921 - Death Certificate
C. C. McDearman b: 12 Mar 1834 age: 87 years, 3 months, 12 daysOccupation: Minister Birthplace: Halifax Co, VA
Father: Sterling McDearman Birthplace: VA
Mother: Lucy Hurt Birthplace: VA
Gleason First Baptist Church History (Weakly Co, TN) Shows C. C.McDearman in the Record of ministers to the Church
29 Sep 1928 - Widow's pension application filed by Mary E. McDearman(for Confederate Service)
Notes from document: He left Mississippi in the latter part of spring 1862 on a passionate(?) furlough to care for his sick Father and Mother who died in 1863.
Rebecca Ann EDWARDS
See notes for Clement Clark McDearman
Documents in my possession for Rebecca Ann Edwards McDearman:
1850 Tennessee Census Records:
Thomas C. Edwards Age: 33 Occupation: Farmer Property Value:$700 Birthplace: VA
Rebecca Ann Age: 6
Monroe Brown Age: 3
Catharine Elizabeth Age: 72
2 Apr 1863 - TN Marriage Licenses Record Book
Clem C. McDearman and Rebecca A. Edwards
Horace MCDEARMAN
Died at age 15.
Etta MCDEARMAN
Died at age 13.
Clement Clark MCDEARMAN
He was born the 12th of March, 1834 in Halifax County, Virginia. The son of Sterling and Lucinda (Lucy) Hurt McDearman. His parent moved to Henry County, TN in 1836 when Clem was two years old. They lived on a farm between Como and Paris, TN. His brothers and sisters were: William D. born in 1821, John Smith born in 1832, Elizabeth R born in1836, Lucinda A born in 1842, Virginia S born in 1844 and Patience Aborn in 1930.
After growing up, Clem married Mary Darby on 14 May 1854. She lived just a little while after they were married. There were no children born from this marriage. He then married Rebecca Ann Edwards on the 12th of April 1863. From this marriage there were three children born that I know of: Dudley, Susan and Effie. Dudley and Effie married (spouses names unknown). Susan never married. She lived to be in her early nineties and is buried close to Jolly Springs, TN in a church cemetery.
Clem McDearman moderated several Baptist churches in Weakley County,TN. One was in Jolly Springs in 1888. The original building is still standing, but had been added on to. Another one was in Mack's Grove. It is located on the Dresden, Palmersville Highway. Mack's Grove was first built about 2 miles from it's present location on a gravel road.This Church was established in 1894. It is still a growing congregation. The New Hope Church minutes show a church started at Bible Union on 12 Oct 1899 moderated by Brother Clem. The only church there now is a Church Of Christ. Old New Hope minutes show people as being baptized into the United Baptist Church of Christ. Sometime through the years their doctrine changed and is now called the Church of Christ. New Hope Church was where Brother Clem preached for many years. It is outside of Palmersville between Gleason and Palmersville. It is called today the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. Brother Clem pastored at New Hope three different times.From 1870-1873, 1874-1875 and again from 1881 until his death in 1921.
Clem McDearman's third wife was Mary E. Webb. There were no children born to this marriage. They were married the 25th of Apr 1878 in Henry County by John W. Bell, Minister.
Clem died the 25th of Jun 1921 at his home after a long illness. His wife Mary died 22 Mar 1940. They are both buried in the New Hope Church Cemetery. Clem was a Baptist preacher for a total of 53 years. At the time of Clem's death he lived on a 34 acre farm just outsideof Dresden, TN. Mary E. Webb was born 15 Sep, 1858 in Camdon, BentonCounty, TN.
Clem joined the Army during the Civil War in the summer of 1861. He enlisted in Paris, TN with Company G. 7th Calvary under the command of Captain Stokes. He held the rank of Private . His regiment surrendered in May, 1865 at Corinth, Mississippi. Clem was not with the regiment when they surrendered. He had been furloughed home in 1862 to care for his ailing parents. Both of his parents died in 1863 and are buried on what was then the McDearman farm between Como and Paris. Clem never returned to his regiment.
After the death of Clem McDearman, his 34 acres of hill country was sold to pay off debts. His wife was left with her bed, a trunk and $280.00 She lived off the help of the state and church members until1 928 when she applied for Clem's Civil War Pension.
Clem was known to his family and friend as "Pappy Mac". He was a highly thought of and respected person. This information came from Clem's wife's Civil War Pension application and Mae Griffith of Palmersville TN. She has done a lot of historical research on the New Hope Baptist Church. A copy of her book is in the library in Dresden,TN.
Source: Notes compiled by Laurie Jeanne Karnes Graves
The following story was written by Virene Maddox At Tennessee College in 1933:
MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER
Back in the days of little comfort and many hardships, a little logcabin nestled in the picturesque hills of Pittsylvania County,Virginia. Nature alone seemed to remember this little home, but the golden sunset passing through the foliage of the trees to make a light on earth's green carpet was perhaps a compensation for the lack of things of better days.
There amidst God's handiwork was born one of God's noblest men. This little blue-eyed baby boy was the fourteenth child of Sterling and Lucy McDearman. Lucy McDearman before her marriage was Lucy Hurt, niece of Henry Harrison, and direct descendent of Pocahontas, the famous Indian princess. The McDearman children were also cousins of James K. Polk, the eleventh president of the United States.
Clement Clark was born of truly pioneer parents. He was only two years old when they were lured by the call of the West when more and better land could be obtained. They packed their few belongings in an ox wagon and left homes, friends, and even four of the children, and started for West Tennessee. After weeks of hardships and many difficulties, they arrived and settled six miles west of Paris,Tennessee, in Henry County.
Clem, as he was called, was a strong, jolly lad. He enjoyed all kinds of sports, but was especially fond of fox hunting. He always kept good fox hounds and horses.
At the age of fifteen, he professed faith in Christ and joined the Missionary Baptist Church. This had a great influence on his life,and afterwards, changed it completely. When the Civil War broke out,he was very young. He immediately joined the Seventh Regiment,Company G., Tennessee Cavalry. But, by this time, his father and mother were old and worn by hard work. They did not have any means ofsupport and he was discharged from the army to go and take care ofthem.
At the age of twenty, he wooed and won the heart of his first wife, Miss Mary Darby, but she lived only four and a half years after their marriage. He lived a widower for four years and married Miss Rebecca Edwards. After twelve years of married life, she died leaving five children. After three years of widowhood, he was married to Miss MaryE. Webb.
When thirty-three years old, he was ordained to the full work of the ministry at Old Center Church in Henry County. He preached his first sermon in the little log church at Russell's Spring. He chose for the text of the first event toward this new life, John 3:16. He faithfully stuck to his job, and during pretty or bad weather, he rode horseback to his church.
In a few years, he moved to Weakly County. Here he lived a beautiful Christian life. He organized eight churches of the Weakly County Association, which was more than anyone had every done.
His influence was far-reaching, especially with boys and young men. He had lived the life of a normal and fun-loving boy. Their little taste and dislikes were understood by him and many times he heard the woes of a youngster whose parents would not listen to him. For why couldn't they tell him? He could appreciate their practical jokes whether they were on him or on some one else. He was a veryinteresting talker and could hold the attention of boys for hours at a time.
He was especially fond of getting jokes on his quite, precise wife. Once he and his wife stopped at a home a little after dinner time. The hostess was very much concerned and wished to fix dinner. Grandmother insisted that they were not hungry, that they had a late lunch. Then, as he told it, the late summer breeze came drifting fromthe kitchen filled with the delicious odor of good things to eat. He looked up in a mild, childish way and said to the hostess that his wife might not be hungry, but he was starved. Imagine the embarrassment of this dignified lady!
He loved children and farm life, for to him God spoke through the Little Ones and the beauty of Nature. For a holiday he would go to a County Fair or a Fourth of July Celebration. He would always go early and stay late and would try to shake the hand of everyone that he had ever met. Then he could also be seen with a dirty, little child looking at the "Old Plantation" show or watching the house racing.
He was known more by his sweet and sympathizing words at a funeral than by his preaching. He was never so busy at work that he would not stop and go for miles on horseback to conduct a funeral. He was more than a preacher; he was a good and sympathizing friend.
He was elected pastor of New Hope Church, the strongest County Church in the County. Here here served for fifty-three years. He missed very few services during all those years, these absences were caused by the weather. In the latter part of his life, he offered his resignation but as a wonderful a life as he head, must have its reward. Instead of accepting his resignation, they elected him pastorfor life. The also got a helper for the times that his health or the weather would not permit him to preach. Before his death, the Church made arrangements for him to be buried in the center of the cemetery and to have the largest stone placed in recognition for the valuable life he had spent in the church.
His health was exceedingly good. During his eight-seven years, he was never sick a day till the illness that caused his death. He planted a little crop the spring he was eight-seven. Grandmother said that whens he would insist and almost demand for him to get rid of his livestock, he would become more angry than at anything else. He really never got old. The attending physician remarked just before his death that except for an inflamed bladder, his body was as sound as a dollar.
He had lived a very influential life. People were ready to listen to him when he offered advice, for his past had been clean and noble. The Lord could truly call him "a good and faithful servant."
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Documents in my possession for Clement Clark McDearman:
30 Oct 1862 - Civil War Service
Company Muster Roll, Co. G, 7 (Duckworth's) Tennessee CavalryEnlisted: 2 Dec 1861 in Henry Co, TN
6 Nov 1864 - Civil War Service
Co. G, 7 (Duckworth's) Tennessee Cavalry
Appears on a list of deserters - See notes below for his widow's application for pension
From my father's notes:
McDearman, clement C.,, Weakly County, Pvt. G company, 4th TN Cal, 15 Nov 61 to ___1 year. Gleson Station , P.O., surrendered at Tiptonville, TN. 2 Apr 1863 - TN Marriage Licenses Record Book
Clem C. McDearman and Rebecca A. Edwards
25 Apr 1878 TN Marriage Licenses Record Book
C. C. McDearman and Mary E. Webb
24 June 1921 - Death Certificate
C. C. McDearman b: 12 Mar 1834 age: 87 years, 3 months, 12 daysOccupation: Minister Birthplace: Halifax Co, VA
Father: Sterling McDearman Birthplace: VA
Mother: Lucy Hurt Birthplace: VA
Gleason First Baptist Church History (Weakly Co, TN) Shows C. C.McDearman in the Record of ministers to the Church
29 Sep 1928 - Widow's pension application filed by Mary E. McDearman(for Confederate Service)
Notes from document: He left Mississippi in the latter part of spring 1862 on a passionate(?) furlough to care for his sick Father and Mother who died in 1863.
J. W. EDIE
Article published in the White County Newspaper, circa 1916:
Among the early settlers of Judsonia will be found the name of J. W. Edie, who came from Buchanan County, Iowa and settled in the town in 1873. After following the lumber industry for some twelve years, he began making a specialty of sash, doors and blinds and does an extensive business. He was born in Harrison County, Ohio, December 6, 1834 and is the eldest of two children born to Thomas and Levina (Palmer) Edie, who were born in the "Keystone State". They immigrated to Ohio with their parents in 1819 and 1821, respectively, and were married in that State in February, 1834. The father was a farmer, and followed that occupation both in Ohio and after removing to Iowa in 1853. In the latter State paying much of his attention to the manufacturer of lumber also. These occupations received his attention until his removal to Judsonia in 1877, and from that time until his death, in February, 1883, the lived a retired life. His wife survives him. The paternal grandparents, James and Mary (Ward) Edie, were born in Pennsylvania and England, respectively, and settled in the State of Ohio, in 1819; the great-grandfather was a Scotchman. The maternal grandparents, James and Margaret (Arnold) Palmer, were born in Maryland, and moved to Ohio in 1821, from which State they removed to Iowa in 1853, making the later their home until his death in 1857 at the age of eight-one years. He was a oldier in the War of1812. His wife died, in 1868, at the age of eight-three years. The children of Thomas and Levina Edie are: Margaret (now Mr. Wagner, ofJudsonia, whose husband is in the Government employ) and our subject (who was reared on this father's farm and received his education inthe schools of Ohio. After his removal to Iowa with his parent, he resided there until 1856, when he was married, in Buchanan County, to Miss Rebecca J., a daughter of Joseph and Mary (Graner) Chitester, of Pennsylvania. The father was a millwright, and in 1845 moved to Shawneeetown Ill, and in 1850 to Iowa. Since 1885 they have resided in Judsonia, Ark., and have passed the sixtieth milestone of their wedded life. After his marriage, Mr. Edie made his home in Iowa until1873, then came to Judsonia and engaged in business as mentioned above. He is not an active politician, but votes the Democrat ticticket, and has been mayor of the town in which he lives three terms, and has also been a member of the city school board. Socially, he is a member of Anchor Lodge, No384, of the A. F. & A. M, and has been Worshipful Master of his order. He belongs to Tillman Chapter NO 19, and Occidentail Council No. 1. Mr. and Mrs. Edie are worthy members of the Baptist Church, and their union has been blessed in the birth of eight children, seven being now alive: Silas A. (died in 1878 at the age of twenty-two years), C. F. (is unmarried and is an engineer on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad), Ida (now Mrs. McDearman, lives in Judsonia), T. M. (is married and lives in the town; a carpenter and joiner by trade), Ada Aletha (Mrs. Sims), A. J. (a resident of Little Rock), Eva (Mrs Croy, of Darke County, Ohio), and Stella. Mr. Edie is public-spirited, and is a member of the board of directors of the Judsonia University.
Thomas C EDWARDS
Documents in my possession for Thomas C Edwards:
1850 Tennessee Census Records:
Thomas C. Edwards Age: 33 Occupation: Farmer Property Value:$700 Birthplace: VA
Rebecca Ann Age: 6
Monroe Brown Age: 3
Catharine Elizabeth Age: 72
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