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Descendants of Robert McCormick


Generation No. 6


36. MARTHA6 MCCORMICK (M. GEORGE5, WILLIAM4, GEORGE3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 28 January 1885, and died 21 October 1957. She married TOM FINLEY.

       Children of Martha McCormick and Tom Finley are:

  i.   ?7 Finley.
  ii.   ? Finley.
  iii.   ? Finley.
  iv.   ? Finley.
  v.   ? Finley.
37. HERMAN6 MCCORMICK (M. GEORGE5, WILLIAM4, GEORGE3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 27 June 1887, and died 12 December 1968. He married IDA ROCKWELL.

       Children of Herman McCormick and Ida Rockwell are:

  i.   ?7 McCormick.
  ii.   ? McCormick.
  iii.   ? McCormick.
  iv.   ? McCormick.
38. NORMAN6 MCCORMICK (M. GEORGE5, WILLIAM4, GEORGE3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 22 December 1889, and died 13 March 1936 in Selma, CA. He married DORA CLOUSE.

       Children of Norman McCormick and Dora Clouse are:

  i.   ?7 McCormick.
  ii.   ? McCormick.
  iii.   ? McCormick.
  iv.   ? McCormick.
39. AMY6 MCCORMICK (M. GEORGE5, WILLIAM4, GEORGE3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 04 February 1893, and died 25 March 1979 in Cookeville, Putnam Co, TN. She married RUSSELL LEE ROCKWELL 20 April 1914 in the McCormick home, Dry Valley, Putnam Co, TN.

       Children of Amy McCormick and Russell Rockwell are:

  i.   ?7 Rockwell.
  ii.   ? Rockwell.
40. HOLLIS6 MCCORMICK (M. GEORGE5, WILLIAM4, GEORGE3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 09 June 1900 in the McCormick home, Dry Valley, Putnam Co,TN, and died 22 April 1944 in CA. He married JOSEPHINE JACKSON.

       Child of Hollis McCormick and Josephine Jackson is:

  i.   ?7 McCormick.
41. JAMES TAYLOR6 MCCORMICK (JOHN KELLEY5, WILLIAM4, GEORGE3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 21 August 1881, and died 21 December 1943. He married LILLIE ROBINSON.

       Child of James McCormick and Lillie Robinson is:

  i.   Norman7 McCormick.
42. MAE HULDA6 MCCORMICK (JOHN KELLEY5, WILLIAM4, GEORGE3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 04 April 1886. She married WILL LEE.

       Child of Mae McCormick and Will Lee is:

  i.   Alma7 Lee.
43. JAMES ELBERT6 MCCORMICK (GEORGE CHRISTOPHER5, CHRISTOPHER4, GEORGE3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 05 March 1889 in Putnam Co, TN, and died 10 March 1980 in Cookeville, Putnam Co, TN. He married ALLIE SCUTTER.

       Child of James McCormick and Allie Scutter is:

  i.   None7.
44. LUTHER CHRISTY6 MCCORMICK (GEORGE CHRISTOPHER5, CHRISTOPHER4, GEORGE3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 28 January 1891 in Putnam Co, TN, and died January 1994 in Cookeville Manor, Cookeville, Putnam Co, TN. He married VALLIE CARR 11 August 1933.

Notes
Luther once told the story of his birth as such:

Winnie apparently went into premature labor after suffering an asthma attack. The midwife called in the doctor, and, after a difficult labor, Luther was born--not breathing and severely underweight. Thinking there was nothing to be done for him because of his size, the doctor tossed him into the corner onto a pile of dirty linens. After having taken care of Winnie, the midwife began to clean up Luther to prepare him for burial. She noticed he was breathing so she called the doctor over, but the doctor held out little hope for Luther because of his small size. He not only survived but outlived all of his siblings.

Luther told this story in front of his brother Willie who made the remark that he had heard the story from his parents many times. He also went on to add that Luther had been born about 3 months early and weighed only 2 pounds at birth.



       Child of Luther McCormick and Vallie Carr is:

  i.   None7.
45. JOHN HERMAN6 MCCORMICK (GEORGE CHRISTOPHER5, CHRISTOPHER4, GEORGE3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 26 February 1893 in Putnam Co, TN, and died 27 April 1965 in Cookeville, Putnam Co, TN. He married EVA DELLA CLOUSE 28 October 1917.

       Children of John McCormick and Eva Clouse are:

  i.   ?7 McCormick.
  ii.   ? McCormick.
  iii.   ? McCormick.
46. MARY LEE6 MCCORMICK (GEORGE CHRISTOPHER5, CHRISTOPHER4, GEORGE3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 20 July 1895 in Putnam Co, TN, and died 20 April 1984. She married LEE SPARKS 29 February 1920.

       Children of Mary McCormick and Lee Sparks are:

  i.   ?7 Sparks.
  ii.   ? Sparks.
  iii.   ? Sparks.
  iv.   ? Sparks.
  v.   ? Sparks.
  vi.   ? Sparks.
47. WILLIE AUSTIN6 MCCORMICK (GEORGE CHRISTOPHER5, CHRISTOPHER4, GEORGE3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 18 October 1899 in Putnam Co, TN, and died 28 August 1980 in Cookeville, Putnam Co, TN. He married PEARL MAI BURNETT 24 December 1922 in Putnam Co, TN, daughter of John Burnett and Nancy Walker.

Notes
Memories of W.A. McCormick by his son, Joe McCormack:

Willie Austin McCormick (18 Oct 1899, 28 Aug 1980) was born to George Christopher and Winnie Catherine McCormick in Putnam County, TN. He married Pearl Mai Burnett (3 Nov 1901, 31 Jan 1953), on 24 Dec 1922 at the Antioch Church of Christ on the Old Sparta Road with Esquire Tom Jackson officiating.

Willie was, no doubt, born at home with the assistance of the local area midwife, as it was the custom of the time. He was born 5th in a family of 8 children over a time span of some 19 years , from 1889 to 1908. The family lived on the Calf Killer Mountain east of Cookeville for some time before moving to the Valley South of Cookeville off the Old Sparta Road, I’m not certain which children were born prior to the move. No doubt, he grew up in the shadows of his older brothers, James Elbert, Luther Christy, John Herman, and only sister, Mary Lee (Sparks). His birth was followed by Hollis Ruben, Arva Deston, and George Davy. I recall him caring very much for his brothers and sister; when we were growing up we visited with each family member many times. The oldest brother Elbert attained a high level of education and taught school in Arlington VA. until his retirement. In contrast to Elbert; Willie only went through the fourth or fifth grade in school. Each summer, Elbert and his Wife Allie (also a school teacher) returned home to visit his Mother; a happy occasion as I recall, Willie and all of his brothers and sister would go to visit with him.

W. A., was a good farmer in his day; working with mules he plowed and seeded the farm and rented or sharecropped additional land. He hand made many of the farming tools, wagons, sleds, plows, and other pieces of horse drawn equipment. His appreciation for the land was demonstrated by the many innovative methods for providing care and control. Terraces were plowed on sloping land to prevent erosion and crops were rotated from one field to another to prevent sapping the strength from the land. Cover crops were planted in winter and plowed under in the spring, providing natural erosion protection and natural fertilizer for the soil. A true man of the woods, tree smart, his ability to readily identify many different trees by their bark and leaves was astounding. Crosscut saws were sharpened so keen that they made a clean cut with each stroke, chopping axes were always honed to a keen edge. He built gates, dug post holes, set and tamped posts, and stretched fences. I never saw him back up from any farm work, it appeared that he always knew how to do anything that needed to be done. He took good care of the farm animals; on cold days he would break the ice on the pond to allow the cattle and mules to drink. Every night he made sure the all the animals were fed; at daybreak he was there to do the milking chores and turn the cows out to pasture. He always kept traps around and a good shot shotgun, to chase away or catch any varmints, he found time for some small game hunting and preferred a double barrel shotgun. He was never boastful about his hunting exploits; however I remember him as being a good shot. Tobacco was the major cash crop, however, corn and hay was grown to provide feed for the cattle, hogs, and mules. Additional cash was brought in by selling milk and selling calves and a few hogs. Generally the hogs were killed for meat to help feed the family.

Bill was a blacksmith; in winter and early spring, making wagons, plows, farming tools, and many other horse/mule drawn equipment. Throughout the summer farm folks would contact him about making a piece of equipment for them the following winter. He could look at a picture and determine how to make the item. I’m not sure how he was paid, however I do remember overhearing him tell of selling a wagon for $20. Also he was given a cow for some equipment one time. In his shop was a large array of metal handling and forming tools, most of which he had made. A long table, with a heavy vise attached, held metals in place while they were being worked. In the middle of the shop was a large, 90 pound, anvil mounted on a large tree stump that was used for forging and forming metals into the desired shape. At the end of the shop was a table that was lined with fire brick and mortar, a bellows system was attached to the bottom, which forced air upwards through the fire increasing the temperature by speeding the burn rate of the hot coal bed. I remember and old man, Mr. Billy Way, standing there turning the bellows and assisting my Dad by holding items in the fire or on the anvil. Where he learned the processes for heat treating, forging metals, tempering and hardening metals is unknown to me. No doubt, many of his hand made things are still in use around Putnam, Overton, White and Jackson Counties.

Willie turned and fitted horse and mule shoes. He not only shod his own mules, many people from around the area brought their horses or mules to his shop. He would trim hooves with special knives and custom fit shoes to any size hoof; there was a separate tool box for this job, it contained draw knives, bucking bars, small hammers, end trimmers, and special nails, I remember him going to other farms to shoe horses and mules. His mules always looked good; manes and tails were neatly trimmed, they were always curried and clean. Sometimes under the collar pads, the mules would develop skinned places; Dad was never without a chew of Kingbee Chewing Tobacco in his mouth, many times He has rubbed tobacco spit on the sores. Finally He moved up to some kind of blue ointment for this purpose. Harnesses were kept in good order and hung up in the barn tack room. He had brass knobs and rings attached to the top of the hames and connecting leather straps. He made horse bits and forged brass rod into rings to connect the leather straps on horse bridals and harness.

Billy was also a carpenter, He built the house where I was born. He and a neighbor Man, Mr. John Phy worked together and built many of the houses and barns in and around Cookeville. His tools were crude compared to those used by carpenters today. He used hand saws, mallets, chisels, hand planes, brace and bits, to name only a few. Saturday morning was repair time, each saw was sharpened and set, wood cutters were honed and his tool box was straightened up for the next week. Electricity was distributed through our area in the early 1950’s, soon after, he got an electric skill saw and mentioned how much work it saved. I heard him talk about working for a dime, 10 cents, a day during the 1930’s depression and the War years of the 1940’s wasn’t much better. I think he was the only one with carpentry skills in the family because he was always going to one of his brothers house or Mamas’ sisters house to repair or build one thing or another. After my older brothers came home from the war in the late 1940’s, things began taking a turn for better, preparations began for building a barn on the farm. Up to this time, we shared the barn that was on Papa Burnetts’ farm with Uncle Pete Terry, Opal Jewels’ husband. Forever in my memories will be those times we followed Dad on a pathway across the field to this barn. We went there many late nights and early dark mornings to feed the animals and milk the cows. Dad carried a kerosene lantern to light our way. My older brother and I were entertained many times as we traveled this pathway; Dad talked to himself, could carry on a full conversation as if we weren’t even there. My older brother walked directly behind Dad and had the best angle of hearing, therefore many of the conversations were passed on to me with my brothers personal touch; separating fact from fiction was always a problem for me.

Anyway, rocks were picked up and mixed them with concrete to make the foundation, oak trees were cut from the farm and taken to the planing mill to be cut into 2 x 4’s, lathing, and planks. Some of the planks were cut from large trees and were very wide and long. I recall a heated discussion between my Dad and the Planing Mill Boss; claiming, to use the clear grain, knot free wood on the front of the barn would be a terrible waste. The Planing Mills’ position was; such fine wood should be used for furniture and cabinet making; they offered no alternative or payment for the boards, only sharp criticism. In short, after waiving a claw hammer and getting quite loud; Dad, no doubt, won the argument, the men left and to this day those boards are on the front of the barn where they were originally nailed. As the family grew space became more critical, He raised the roof of the house and put an upstairs with a couple of rooms. He never got around to finishing the inside of those rooms; the clapboard siding, repelled the rain but offered little resistance to the outside temperature; so it was always hot in summer and cold in winter. My brothers and I slept upstairs and remember Mama putting layer on top of layer of quilts to keep us warm in winter; so heavy that you couldn’t roll over with any ease. Getting out of bed on cold mornings was always a challenge.

Willie was also a barber, using a hand clipper and barber scissors he kept all the boys hair cut and many of our relatives, neighbors and their boys as well. His shop was under a big oak tree in the front yard, with a straight backed, straw bottom chair. His shop was open on Saturday afternoon and early Sunday morning. If a rain came up, he simply moved to the front porch, when it was cold he used the front room of the house as the shop. When he raised the price of a haircut from 5 cents to 10 cents then up to 25 cents in the fifties; always people complained but they came back, because Dad was the only one around that cut hair. He used the old "hide for a guide" adage.

Love has a way of showing its’ head in many different ways. It has always been my belief that Willie, Bill, W. A., Billy, my Dad, expressed his love for his family through his actions and willingness to work. My mind is flooded with memories of my childhood, however, I don’t recall ever hearing any verbal expression of his love for me or any of my brothers and sisters. I don’t believe it was ever a part of his natural inheritance characteristics. Yet, this Man provided for us the best that he could give; bought the clothes and shoes that we wore; provided shelter; cut wood for the cooking stove and bought coal for heat. When he spoke to us, we well understood it to be the voice of authority, it was not for us (the children) to question, only to do what we were told. If anyone disobeyed, they would surely feel his wrath. He certainly never spared the rod or spoiled his children. His methods can be criticized, however the results speak for themselves. All of his children have grown to be GOD fearing, family caring, and share Love for one another. I believe this was instilled in each child by the care, guidance, and examples that each of my parents provided. Regardless of what we may think of ourselves; we, the Children, are the products of their love and labors. I cannot praise God enough for my parents. I also praise and give thanks to my Mother and Dad for the sacrifices they made for me, my brothers, and sisters.


       Children of Willie McCormick and Pearl Burnett are:

  i.   John Dave7 McCormick, b. 03 November 1923, Putnam Co, TN; d. 14 June 1983, VA Hospital, Murfreesboro, TN; m. Wallena ?, 29 June 1963.
  ii.   George Carl McCormick, b. 21 January 1926, Putnam Co, TN; m. Wilma Doris Ruggles, 22 January 1950.
  iii.   Elizabeth Joyce McCormick, b. 13 January 1928, Putnam Co, TN; m. Roy Gaw.
  iv.   Jean Anne McCormick, b. 30 November 1929, Putnam Co, TN; m. Roy Franklin Wyrick.
  v.   Bessie Mai McCormick, b. 16 December 1931, Putnam Co, TN; m. Cecil Allen.
  vi.   Charles Edwin McCormick, b. 23 July 1934, Putnam Co, TN; m. Stella Mae Stevens, 11 September 1971.
  vii.   Joe Glenn McCormack, b. 26 May 1937, Putnam Co, TN; m. Pauline Roberson, 11 February 1961, Aiken, SC.
  viii.   Randall F. McCormick, b. 22 February 1940, Cookeville, Putnam Co, TN; m. Shirley Lee Fultz, 26 May 1962, Maysville, Mason Co, KY.
  ix.   James Roy McCormick, b. 05 December 1942, Putnam Co, TN; m. Ellie Mae Swisshelm.
48. HOLLIS REUBEN6 MCCORMICK (GEORGE CHRISTOPHER5, CHRISTOPHER4, GEORGE3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 19 October 1902 in Putnam Co, TN, and died 18 May 1967 in Pleasant Hill, Cumberland Co, TN. He married LENA BUMBALOUGH 04 November 1928 in Putnam Co, TN.

       Child of Hollis McCormick and Lena Bumbalough is:

  i.   Georgia7 McCormick.
49. GEORGE DAVY6 MCCORMICK (GEORGE CHRISTOPHER5, CHRISTOPHER4, GEORGE3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 15 February 1908 in Putnam Co, TN, and died 23 February 1988 in Cookeville, Putnam Co, TN. He married LOLA BELLE BROWN 23 October 1943 in Cookeville, Putnam Co, TN.

Notes
According to his wife, Dave was named George Davey by his mother, but a birth certificate was never filed. When Dave joined the army in WWII, the government filed a birth certificate for him in 1940. They listed his name as Davey Crockett.

       Child of George McCormick and Lola Brown is:

  i.   Mary Hannah7 McCormick, b. 22 March 1950, Cookeville, Putnam Co, TN; d. 22 March 1950, Cookeville, Putnam Co, TN.
50. FAYE6 MCCORMICK (LUTHER5, ISAAC LAFAYETTE4, TENCH3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1). She married HERMAN COOPER.

       Child of Faye McCormick and Herman Cooper is:

  i.   Betty7 Cooper, m. Harold Dale.
51. GEORGE CAROL6 MCCORMICK (WALTER RICHARD5, WADE HAMPTON4, TENCH3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 19 August 1899 in Allons, Overton Co, TN, and died 28 May 1964 in Bakersfield,CA.. He married FLORENCE (EDNA) BARLOW, daughter of George Barlow and Sallie Allen.

       Children of George McCormick and Florence Barlow are:

  i.   Michale Garrett7 McCormick.
  ii.   Richard George McCormick, m. Peggy Lavone Bryant.
52. NETA BEATRICE6 MCCORMICK (WALTER RICHARD5, WADE HAMPTON4, TENCH3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 05 July 1901 in Overton Co, TN, and died 27 August 1978 in Coalinga, CA. She married CHARLES HERSHAL ALLEN.

       Child of Neta McCormick and Charles Allen is:

  i.   Charles Walter (Chuck)7 Allen, m. Fern ?.
53. RICHARD WALTER6 MCCORMICK (WALTER RICHARD5, WADE HAMPTON4, TENCH3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 31 August 1904 in Overton Co, TN, and died December 1982 in Warren, MI. He married ROSE ?.

       Children of Richard McCormick and Rose ? are:

  i.   Richard Walter7 McCormick, b. 1947, MI; m. Maxine ?.
  ii.   Jonnie Ray McCormick, b. 1948, MI; m. Patricia ?.
54. HOMER D.6 WEST (BENNIE5 MCCORMICK, WILLIAM C.4, TENCH3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 1911 in 1995. He married CARRIE L. CRABTREE in Overton Co, TN.

       Child of Homer West and Carrie Crabtree is:

  i.   ?7 West, b. Livingston, Overton Co, TN; m. Bernie Frydman.
55. RUTH ELIZABETH6 MCCORMICK (LEE5, GEORGE WASHINGTON4, TENCH3, WILLIAM J.2, ROBERT1) was born 04 September 1917, and died 19 January. She married BILL RAE MCDONALD.

       Children of Ruth McCormick and Bill McDonald are:

  i.   Marilyn7 McDonald.
  ii.   Karen McDonald.

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