Descendants of George Pegram
Sixth Generation
(Continued)


465. Martha G. Woodward (William F. Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ).

Martha married Unknown Gilliam before Nov 1839.

They had the following children:

  1826 M i John Gilliam.
  1827 M ii William Gilliam.

469. George W. Aydelotte (Martha Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 1, 2 about 1813 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.

George married (1) Elizabeth Hancock on 4 Dec 1839 in Hickman Co., Kentucky.

They had the following children:

  1828 F i Ada B. Aydelotte was born 1 about 1842 in Kentucky.
  1829 F ii Martha F. Aydelotte was born 1 about 1844 in Kentucky.

George married (2) Zelda A. on 2 Jan 1850 in Hickman Co., Kentucky. Zelda was born about 1826 in Kentucky.

Census: 1850 Fed Census, Hickman Co, KY;;FTM;p 41; Roll 205;Note: a e 24.

470. Joseph E. Aydelotte (Martha Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 1 in 1815/1823 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.

Source: The Descendants of David Aydelott;;FTM .
!Birth: Ken Bowen, Bowen Despository;;Rootsweb.com.
!IGI.

Joseph married Susan Gilmer.

IGI.

Joseph and Susan had the following children:

  1830 M i Arthur F. Aydelotte was born about 1841 in Maury Co., Tennessee.
  1831 F ii Emmerline (Emely) Aydelott was born about 1847 in Maury Co., Tennessee.

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        Emmerline married W. H. Johnson on 26 Aug 1874 in Maury Co., Tennessee.

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472. Stephen Decatur Aydelotte (Martha Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 1 on 18 May 1819 in Davidson Co., Tennessee. He died on 16 Jul 1898 in Arlington, Tennesee. He was buried in Log Union Cemetery, Arlington, Tennessee.

Vitals: The Descendants of David Aydelott;;FTM .
!Birth: Ken Bowen, Bowen Despository;;Rootsweb.com.
!IGI.
!Census: 1880 Fed Census, Shelby Co, TN;;;p 181B; FHL film#1255278.
!Census: 1850 Fed Census, Shelby Co, KY;;FTM;p 151; Roll 895.

Stephen married Elizabeth Herring on 1 Oct 1851 in Davidson Co., Tennessee. Elizabeth was born about 1829 in Tennessee. She died after 1858.

Census: 1880 Fed Census, Shelby Co, TN;;;p 181B; FHL film#1255278.
!IGI.

Stephen and Elizabeth had the following children:

1832 M i William Leonidas Aydelotte was born in Oct 1852. He died in Jul 1931.
1833 M ii Alfred Lewis Aydelotte was born in Mar 1855.
  1834 M iii John L. Aydelott was born on 17 May 1857 in Shelby Co., Tennessee. He died on 12 Aug 1858. He was buried in Log Union Cemetery, Arlington, Tennessee.

Birth: Ancestry.com;;;Marion L. Laster ([email protected])

473. Alfred A. Aydelotte (Martha Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 1, 2, 3 on 14 Nov 1823 in Davidson Co., Tennessee. He died on 8 Jun 1879 in Hickman Co., Kentucky. He was buried in Via Cemetery, Fulgham, Hickman Co., Kentucky.

Source: The Descendants of David Aydelott;;FTM .
!Birth: Ken Bowen, Bowen Despository;;Rootsweb.com.
!IGI.
!Census: 1850 Fed Census, Hickman Co, KY;;FTM;p 34; Roll 205;Note: a e 23.

Source: The Descendants of David Aydelott;;FTM.
!Birth: Ken Bowen, Bowen Despository;;Rootsweb.com.
!IGI.
!Census: 1850 Fed Census, Hickman Co, KY;;FTM;p 34; Roll 205;Note: ae 23.

Alfred married Sarah T. Sullivan on 15 Mar 1850 in Hickman Co., Tennessee. Sarah was born 1 on 27 Mar 1821 in Pennsylvania. She died on 23 Sep 1891. She was buried in Via Cemetery, Fulgham, Hickman Co., Kentucky.

Census: 1880 Fed Census, Hickman Co, KY;;;p 243D;FHL film#1254420.

They had the following children:

1835 M i J.N. Aydelott was born about 1853.
  1836 M ii William S. Aydelott was born 1 about 1860 in Kentucky.

Census: 1880 Fed Census, Hickman Co, KY;;;p 243D;FHL film#1254420.
  1837 F iii Aanie Aydelott was born 1 about 1863 in Kentucky.
  1838 F iv Sarah J. Aydelott was born 1 about 1865 in Kentucky.

476. Jasper William Aydelotte (Martha Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 1, 2, 3, 4 in 1832 in Kentucky.

4 children.

Jasper married 1 Martha Reed on 15 Nov 1854 in Prairie Co., Arkansas. Martha was born in Kentucky.

They had the following children:

1839 M i John Askins Aydelott was born on 3 Nov 1825. He died on 25 Feb 1906.
1840 M ii George Washington Aydelott was born on 15 Mar 1828. He died in 1904.

477. William Cornelius Aydelotte (Martha Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 1, 2 on 11 Aug 1833/1835 in Davidson Co., Tennessee. He died on 22 Dec 1907 in Red River Co., Texas.

William married (1) Martha Jane Stephens in 1854/1858. Martha was born on 7 Oct 1836 in Tennessee. She died in 1865.

Vitals: The Descendants of David Aydelott;;FTM . !IGI.

William and Martha had the following children:

  1841 F i Mary Frances (Fanny) Aydelotte was born on 8 Jun 1858 in Mount Pleasant, Titus Co., Texas. She died on 12 Mar 1927.

Vitals: The Descendants of David Aydelott;;FTM .
1842 M ii Andrew Thomas (Tom) Aydelotte was born on 29 Jun 1860. He died on 3 Dec 1939.

William married (2) Lou Visey (LuLu) Moore on 20 Aug 1873. Lou was born in Mar 1855.

They had the following children:

  1843 M iii William Jefferson Aydelotte was born on 17 Jan 1874 in Dalby Springs, Bowie Co., Texas. He died on 20 May 1909 in Oak Grove, Bowie Co., Texas.

Vitals: The Descendants of David Aydelott;;FTM.

478. David Henderson Aydelotte (Martha Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 1 in 1835 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.

David married Cynthia Jenette Pettie on 1 Nov 1861 in Macon City, Macon Co., Missouri. Cynthia was born about 1840 in Tennessee. She died on 22 Dec 1911 in Dalby Springs, Bowie Co., Texas.

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David and Cynthia had the following children:

  1844 M i William A. Aydelotte was born about 1866 in Georgia.
  1845 F ii Sally Elizabeth Aydelotte was born on 9 Jul 1871 in Georgia.

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        Sally married Abb Milton May.
1846 M iii Elbert Franklin Aydelotte was born on 2 Sep 1874. He died on 13 Jan 1958.
  1847 F iv Ida Dean Aydelotte was born about 1876 in Georgia.

AF.
  1848 M v Doss Aydelotte was born in May 1880 in Red River Co., Texas.

AF.

480. George Pegram Woodward (Benjamin Franklin Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 1, 2, 3, 4 on 21 Aug 1811 in Tennessee.

George married Rosaline Backstrom on 27 Dec 1837. Rosaline was born 1, 2, 3 about 1820 in South Carolina.

They had the following children:

  1849 F i Sarah Susanna Woodward was born 1, 2, 3 in 1839 in Mississippi.
1850 F ii Alice Amorett Elizabeth Woodward was born in 1841.
  1851 F iii Mary Lewis Woodward was born 1 in 1843 in Mississippi.
  1852 M iv Edward Bruce Woodward was born 1 in 1844 in Mississippi.
  1853 M v John Ross Woodward was born 1 in 1845 in Mississippi.
1854 M vi George Arthur Woodward was born in 1847.
  1855 F vii Frances Eugenia Woodward was born 1, 2, 3 in 1850 in Mississippi.
  1856 F viii Anna Elvira (Vira) Woodward was born 1, 2 in 1851 in Mississippi. She died in 1894 in Neshoba, Mississippi. She was buried 3 in Cedarlawn Cemetery Philidelphia, Neshoba, Mississippi.
        Anna married Columbus Washington "Uncle Bum" Cannon son of Stirling F Cannon and Arraminta D Earnest in 1892. Columbus was born on 12 Dec 1846 in Neshoba, Mississippi. He died on 22 Dec 1925 in Neshoba, Mississippi. He was buried 1 in Goodhope Baptist Church Cemetery, Neshoba, Mississippi.
  1857 M ix James Benjamin Woodward was born 1 in 1857 in Mississippi.

484. Martha Woodward 1 (Benjamin Franklin Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 2 on 16 Jun 1822 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.

The only children found in the family on the 1850 census are: Richard, 9; Harriett, 6; Mary, 4; and William, 3.

Martha married 3 Thomas Williamson Fulghum 1, 2 son of Theophilus Fulghum and Mary Clark (Polly) Williamson on 9 Dec 1840 in Davidson Co., Tennessee. Thomas was born 4 in 1816 in Davidson Co., Tennessee. He died in 1916 in Tennessee.

They had the following children:

  1858 M i Richard Fulghum 1 was born 2 in 1841 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.
  1859 M ii John Arthur Fulghum 1 was born in 1842 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.
  1860 F iii Tabitha Fulghum 1, 2 was born about 1843 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.
1861 F iv Harriett E. Fulghum was born in 1843.
1862 M v William James Fulghum was born on 15 Dec 1844. He died on 22 Nov 1947.
  1863 F vi Mary Martha Fulghum 1 was born 2 about 1846 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.
        Mary married Streeter.
1864 M vii Benjamin Franklin Fulghum was born on 18 Feb 1852. He died on 16 Aug 1939.
  1865 F viii Lena Fulghum 1 was born in 1855 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.
        Lena married Tidwell.
1866 M ix Theophilus "Offie" Fulghum was born on 18 Nov 1860. He died on 14 Feb 1935.
  1867 F x Tabitha Fulghum was born about 1861 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.
  1868 F xi Martha Fulghum was born in 1864 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.

485. Mary A. Woodward 1 (Benjamin Franklin Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 2 on 15 Aug 1823.

Mary married 1 Richard P. Harrison on 27 Sep 1843 in Davidson Co., Tennessee. Richard was born 2 in 1817 in Virginia.

They had the following children:

  1869 F i Mary Harrison 1 was born in 1845 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.
  1870 M ii Elbert Harrison was born 1 in 1847 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.
  1871 M iii William Harrison was born 1 in 1848 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.
  1872 F iv Frances Harrison was born 1 in 1850 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.

488. Benjamin Franklin Woodward 1, 2, 3 (Benjamin Franklin Woodward , Elizabeth Pegram , Edward , Daniel , George ) was born 4 on 2 Mar 1826 in Tennessee. He died 5 on 12 May 1917 in Davidson Co., Tennessee. He was buried 6 in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Davidson Co., Tennessee.

They had a total of 14 children but only nine survived infancy. At the time of his death, he and his wife were living on Nance Lane near Murphessboro Road in Davidson Co., Tennessee.

Living with them in 1900 was Nettie, . 1866, identified as a daughter-in-law. It shows she has been married for 17 years and has one child. The child, Myrtle F., identified as grand-daughter is abe 15, b. Dec. 1884.

The 1900 Census shows his occupation to be supr. in Mr. Olivet Cemetery.

Benjamin married 1, 2 Lucilla Stanley Nance daughter of Clement Woodson Nance and Ann D. Avent on 11 Apr 1851. Lucilla was born 3, 4 in Jan 1838 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.

She survived her husband. His death certificate shows he was married at the time of his death.

They had the following children:

1873 M i Benjamin C. Woodward was born in Apr 1854.
1874 F ii Eugenia E. Woodward was born in Dec 1856.
1875 M iii John Oliver Woodward was born in Jun 1859.
  1876 F iv Lucilla S. Woodward 1 was born about 1862 in Tennessee.
  1877 M v Robert E. Lee Woodward 1 was born about 1864 in Tennessee.
        Robert married 1 Emma Lee Beneke on 13 Oct 1891 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.
  1878 F vi Lizzie Henrie Woodward 1 was born about 1868 in Tennessee.

She is incorrectly shown as Henry, a male, on the 1880 census.
        Lizzie married 1 William D. Morriss son of James Madison Morriss and Eliza Johnston on 23 Oct 1889 in Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee.

The following is from Tennessee the Volunteer State 1769—1923: Volume 4:

William Dale Morriss was one of a family of ten children born to James Madison and Eliza (Johnston) Morriss, the former being of Scotch-Irish descent. The founder of the family in the new world came from the north of Ireland prior to the Revolutionary war and made settlement in Virginia. James Madison Morriss, the father of William D. Morriss, was born at Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1815 and devoted his life to agricultural and mercantile pursuits, passing away at Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1869. In early manhood he wedded Eliza Johnston, whose birth occurred in 1823 in Pulaski, this state, where she was called to her final rest in 1868.


William Dale Morriss obtained his early education in the schools of Pulaski, Tennessee, later attended Giles College in Giles county and subsequently matriculated in the East Tennessee University at Knoxville. It was in 1878 that he founded the firm of Morriss Brothers at Pulaski, this state, in association with his brother, Edward S. Nine years later, or in 1887, the firm moved to Memphis, beginning business at the north gate of Elmwood cemetery, where they continued for many years, maintaining offices and wareroom on Main street. Later they removed to the present location at Railroad avenue and McKinley street, where both a wholesale and retail business is conducted. This has become widely known as one of the oldest and largest enterprises of the kind in Tennessee. When the firm moved to Memphis in 1887, it consisted of only William D. and Robert L. Morriss, they having purchased the interest of Edward S. Morriss, who is at present a dealer in live stock, residing on a ranch in New Mexico. Robert L. Morriss is now sole owner but the firm name remains unchanged. A great deal of the best marble and granite work in the Memphis cemeteries has been executed by this well known concern, more extended mention of which is made in connection with the sketch of Robert L. Morriss on another page of this work.

On the 23d of October, 1889, William D. Morriss was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie Henrie Woodward of Nashville, daughter of Banjamin Franklin Woodward, a native of Cheatham county, Tennessee. Her paternal grandfather was also named Benjamin Franklin Woodward. Her maternal grandfather, Clement Woodson Nance, was the founder of the Tennessee School for the Blind and was a trustee of the institution as long as he lived. His portrait is hanging in the school at the present time. His wife in her maidenhood was Annie D. Avant of Huntsville, Alabama, and represented a family which subsequently became famous in the annals of Tennessee. Benjamin Franklin Woodward, the paternal grandfather of Mrs. William D. Morriss, conceived the idea of turning his estate into a cemetery, as the old Nashville cemetery was fast filling up. He sold stock in the enterprise and for a half century his son, Benjamin Franklin Woodward, Jr., served as superintendent of the concern. The latter held the office of county surveyor of Davidson county at one time and laid out the streets and railroads in and around the city of Nashville. No person in the county possessed more intimate or accurate knowledge of its development and growth and he could have written a most interesting history of the locality, for he was a man of remarkable memory and brilliant mentality and a highly entertaining conversationalist. He reached the venerable age of ninety-two years.
1879 M vii Walter Bell Woodward was born about 1873.
  1880 M viii Charles W. Woodward 1, 2 was born in Dec 1874 in Tennessee.

The 1900 Census shows the couple have been married for 2 years. They have no children.
        Charles married 1 Lizzie J. Unknown in 1898 in Tennessee. Lizzie was born 2 in May 1877 in Tennessee.
  1881 F ix Katie "Kitty" Woodward 1.

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