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Descendants of William Brookshire I

Generation No. 5

11. ROBERT NELSON⁷ BROOKSHIRE (THOMAS PATTERSON⁶, HENRY⁵, BENJAMIN⁴, WILLIAM³, WILLIAM², JAMES¹) was born July 05, 1873 in Buncombe Co., NC, and died September 27, 1957 in Buncombe Co., NC.

Child of ROBERT NELSON BROOKSHIRE is:

MAXINE⁸ BROOKSHIRE.

12. WILLIAM TERRELL⁷ DERRICK (HONOR ANN⁶ BROOKSHIRE, BALUS⁵, BENJAMIN⁴, WILLIAM³, WILLIAM², JAMES¹) was born June 08, 1862 in Rabun Co., GA, and died August 23, 1948 in Haywood Co., NC. He married EMMA ELIZABETH SMATHERS June 03, 1888 in Haywood Co., NC, daughter of LEONIDAS SMATHERS and SARAH WALTRIP. She was born October 30, 1869 in Haywood Co., NC, and died December 04, 1926 in Jackson Co., NC.

Notes for WILLIAM TERRELL DERRICK:
Married at Caroline Bolin's house June 3, 1888. Witnesses: D.G. Smathers, Asberry Smathers and J.T. Corson.

Post Master of Balsam Post Office February 20, 1894 to January 27, 1898.

1900 Census, Haywood Co., NC: Derrick, William, June 1860, 39, married 12 yrs, GA/GA/GA; Emma E., Sep 1869, 30, 7 children born/5 living, NC/NC/NC; Arthur N., Mar 1890, NC; Maude E., Oct 1891; Marley G., Feb 1894, NC; Laura E., Jun 1895, NC; Bertha, Jun 1898, NC.

Permanent Roll of Registered Voters, Haywood County, NC, 1902:
W.T. Derric, age 40, Descendent of Everett Derric, Ga, registered 10/21/1902, Waynesville.

1910 Census, Haywood Co., NC: Derrick, William T., 49, married 21 years; Emma, 39, 12 children born/7 living; Newman, 20; Marley, 17; Inez, 11; Mary, 8; Nellie, 5; Harriett, 3.

1920 Census, Jackson County, NC, Scott's Creek: Derrick, William T., 51; Emma E., 49; Nellie, 15; Harriett, 12; Evelyn, 9; Arthur N., 30; Nina, dau-in-law, 24; Arthur F., grandson, 1 7/12.

William Terrell Derick, 86, resident of Balsam, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs Thomas Rhinehart, in Hazelwood, shortly after 3 o'clock Monday morning following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Pleasant Balsam Baptist Church with the Rev N.L. Stephens officiating. Burial will be in Red Bank Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers and are: Eugene Smathers, Gordon Smathers, Lloyd Derrick, Charlie Derrick, Don Smathers and Jack Crawford. The body will be taken to the home of Mrs Rhinehart at 10:30 AM today. Mr Derrick was a native of Clayton, Georgia but spent most of his life at Balsam. His wife, Mrs Emma Smathers Derrick, died in 1926. Surviving are six daughters, Mrs Rufus Smathers, Mrs Frank Smathers, Mrs Paul Arrington, all of Rt 1 Waynesville, Mrs Gola Buchanan of Gastonia, Mrs A.C. Crawford of Balsam and Mrs Rhinehart of Hazelwood.

Notes for EMMA ELIZABETH SMATHERS:
Waynesville Newspaper, Nov 30, 1922, Balsam News: Mrs WT Derrick has returned from a visit to her daughter, Mrs Gola Buchanan of Green's Creek.

Waynesville Newspaper, Nov 18, 1926, Balsam News: The following are patients in the Angel Hospital in Franklin: Mrs WT Derrick.

Waynesville Newspaper, Dec 9, 1926, Balsam News: Mrs WT Derrick, one of our best citizens, passed away at her home here about 9 o'clock Saturday night. She had been in bad health for several years and was a patient in the Angel Hospital in Franklin for a short while recently, but to no avail. She is survived by her husband, three married daughters and two single sons and one son who is married, also her father and mother, Mr and Mrs Scott Smathers, three sisters and two brothers, all of whom were here to attend the last rites. The funeral services were conducted in the home by Rev Frank Arrington and interment took place in the Plott Cemetery near Saunook Monday afternoon. Mrs JN Peacock, sister-in-law, from Waynesville attended the funeral as well as Mr Webster Derrick, brother-in-law, of Clayton, Ga.

Children of WILLIAM DERRICK and EMMA SMATHERS are:

	i.	SARAH H.⁸ DERRICK, b. November 30, 1888, NC; d. 1889, NC.
14.	ii.	ARTHUR NEWMAN DERRICK, b. March 25, 1890, Haywood Co., NC; d. April 08, 1980, Haywood Co., NC.
15.	iii.	MAUDE ESTELLA DERRICK, b. October 22, 1891, Haywood Co., NC; d. May 01, 1977, Haywood Co., NC.
	iv.	MARLEY GEORGE DERRICK, b. February 21, 1893, Haywood Co., NC; d. March 02, 1915, Haywood Co., NC.

Notes for MARLEY GEORGE DERRICK:
Marley never married. He was working as a laborer in the Sunburst area of Haywood Co., NC, and died as a result of a spinal disease.

Haywood County Death Certificate, Book 2, Page 111.

	v.	IRENE DERRICK, b. June 08, 1896.
16.	vi.	BERTHA INEZ DERRICK, b. June 06, 1899, Haywood Co., NC; d. May 24, 1977, Buncombe Co., NC.
	vii.	MARY LEONA DERRICK, b. August 07, 1901, Haywood Co., NC; d. May 25, 1988, Gaston Co., NC; m. GOLA F. BUCHANAN; b. December 16, 1899, Haywood Co., NC; d. 1951.

Notes for MARY LEONA DERRICK:
Services for Mary Derrick Buchanan, 86, of Gastonia, formerly of Sylva, were held at 1 PM today in East Fork Baptist Church in Sylva. She died Wednesday (May 25, 1988). The Rev Ben Cabe and the Rev Russell Walker officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. A native of Haywood County, Mrs Buchanan was the daughter of the late William and Sarah Smathers Derrick. She was a member of Lakeview Baptist Church. Surviving are a son, Clyde Franklin Buchanan of Springwood; three daughters, Velma Bishop of Lowell, Zelda Lanham of Springwood and Nellie Price of Mount Holly; and three sisters, Nellie Crawford of Canton, Harriett Rhinehart of Waynesville and Evelyn Arrington of Palmetto, Ga. Carothers Funeral Home, Belmont was in charge of arrangements.

Notes for GOLA F. BUCHANAN:
1920 Census, Jackson County, NC, Scott's Creek: Buchanan, Gola F., 20; Mary, 18.

From a Buchanan Family History: Gola and Mary Buchanan reared their family on East Fork (Jackson Co., NC) near the old Buck and Hester Buchanan home. Gola, a bass singer and NC Highway Department employee, was known earlier as the "construction designer" of the Dry Flume, a counter-part to John Deitz' Wet Flume which originated in the Roaring Hole Laurel country at the extreme head of the creek. Gola's Dry Flume, which was gravity operated, descended rapidly from the great heights of the north side of the Painter Knob. Both flumes were used to chute acid (chestnut) wood. Gola died in 1951, is buried in East Fork Cemetery. Mary and the children, who know live near Lowell, NC, return annually to East Fork Cemetery on decoration day, in the month of June.

17.	viii.	NELLIE MELITA DERRICK, b. January 28, 1904; d. March 06, 1994, Jackson Co., NC.
18.	ix.	HARRIETT PAULINE DERRICK, b. April 04, 1907, Haywood Co., NC; d. July 25, 1994, Haywood Co., NC.
19.	x.	EVELYN ELIZABETH DERRICK, b. July 12, 1910, Haywood Co., NC; d. December 19, 1993, Palmetto, GA.
	xi.	MAE DERRICK, b. May 01, 1915, Haywood Co., NC; d. April 09, 1916, Haywood Co., NC.
	xii.	HESTER BELL DERRICK, b. May 01, 1915, Jackson Co., NC; d. April 09, 1916, Jackson Co., NC.

13. JAMES WEBSTER⁷ DERRICK (HONOR ANN⁶ BROOKSHIRE, BALUS⁵, BENJAMIN⁴, WILLIAM³, WILLIAM², JAMES¹) was born September 11, 1869 in Rabun Co., GA, and died November 29, 1949 in Stephens Co., GA. He married ELIZABETH "BETTIE" ALINE HENNEGER 1898. She was born 1872 in Saltville, VA, and died 1939 in Rabun Co., GA.

Notes for JAMES WEBSTER DERRICK:
In military during Spanish-American War, 1898.

1910 Census, Rabun Co., GA,Savannah St, Clayton: Derrick, James W, 40, GA/GA/GA, Machinist, married 12 yrs; Bettie A, 37, 4 children born/3 living, VA/VA/VA; Fannie P, 11, VA/GA/VA; Lyman G, 7, VA/GA/GA; Andrew W, 2, GA/GA/VA; Honor A, 72, widow, 6 children born/4 living, NC/NC/NC.

Clayton Tribune, Dec 1, 1949: Mr James Webster Derrick, 80, died last Tuesday at the Stephens County Hospital after a long illness. He was born September 11, 1869, the son of Mr and Mrs Everett Derrick. Mr Derrick was a member of one of the oldest and most prominent families of the county. He attended Rabun County schools and Young-Harris College. He spent most of his life in construction work and a great many of the business houses and residences of Clayton were built by him. He was married to Miss Bettie Alene Hengar of Saltville, Va, who preceded him in death 10 years ago. He was a devout member of the Methodist Church of Clayton which his parents helped to establish. He is survived by daughter Mrs MA Khoury of Evanston, Illinois; sons, Gladstone of Clayton and Andrew of Rome. RE Cannon Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Children of JAMES DERRICK and ELIZABETH HENNEGER are:

	i.	FANNIE PAULINE⁸ DERRICK, b. 1899, VA; m. MICHAEL A. KHOURY.
20.	ii.	LYMAN GLADSTONE DERRICK, b. April 23, 1903, Toms Creek, VA; d. January 28, 1962, Rabun Co., GA.
	iii.	ANDREW W. DERRICK, b. 1908, Rabun Co., GA.
	iv.	INFANT DERRICK.

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